THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Previews — Page 5

Saw this last night from center balcony. I actually saw the show performed in London before it was on the West End, when it was 45 minutes long and in a room with about 40 seats. Glad they've done so well and made it to Broadway!

1 hr 40 minutes is quite a stretch for this type of show, and if they cut out 20 minutes no one would miss it. But we - and the full house - laughed the entire way through, and I'd definitely take friends to see it again.

I waited by the stage door for about 20 minutes but had to leave before catching any of the cast, now (reading how excited they were to meet fans) I'm especially disappointed I couldn't stay! Next time...

it's planned, but played out well.

Count me in as a fan of this show. I went in with reservations, though I do like Noises Off and farce in general. I'm also a Python fan, and there's a slight element of that in there as well - Henry Shields in particular reminded me of John Cleese but with his own spin. I took my 18 year old son who "hates theater" (but does enjoy good comedy) and even he had a blast. He even wanted to stage door. We were there Wed night (apparently missed Paul McCartney by one night!) and the entire cast came out and were lovely. I say if you are on the margin on this one, go. I don't think you'll regret it. It filled a very specific need at least from my perspective right now, which is just to be able to laugh at something completely silly for a couple hours. What can be wrong with that.

Saw the Wednesday matinee this week and throughly enjoyed the whole thing. Sure its silly slapstick, pratfalls and over-acting....but it all seems to work for me. I had purchased $25 far left orchestra tickets months ago. When we arrived the usher immediately directed us to the house manager who apologized that our originally seats were actually obstructed view and they would like to move us to different seats. These ended up be the back row of center orchestra and were really great seats since the theatre is relatively small. My favorite thing about sitting there was listening to the ushers standing at the back of the house laughing their butts off during the show. While it's not high art, I found it tremendously entertaining and was blown away by the precision and comedic timing of the entire cast. It's a show I could recommend to entire families with no reservations.

Dane F said: "Malka2 said: "Was it "a ledger!"?

IMO the best line of the night was during that rant at the audience :)



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Yeah, the two times I've seen the show, it becomes obvious the actor is leading the audience to shout out where the ledger is so he can start off on his (very hilarious) rant.



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I figured it wasn't real. Kinda like when I suspected Santa was actually my dad in a beard and fat suit......I soooooo wanted to believe it was spontaneous.

I saw this yesterday (Saturday) and I loved it. Even though there isn't a plot, there is some characterization with each of the actors messing up in specific ways, in addition to everything else that goes wrong. And every time I thought things couldn't go worse (in a good way) I was proved wrong. At times the actors were shouting so much that it was impossible to tell what was going on, but I guess that was kind of the point.

I bought my ticket months ago with the $25 promotion and had a right orchestra seat. I didn't miss anything, but I think if I were a couple of seats further right the study and certain entrances/exits might have been cut off.

I got tickets for my nephews who are 12 and 15 and they really had a great time . They loved this kind of humor .

Saw this tonight via TDF - 4th row in the Mezz on the aisle. Perfect seat.

I think this is brilliant. I was laughing from start to finish and would have gladly stayed longer to see what else they'd come up with. Sure, it's essentially a shorter "Noises Off," but I was dying. I love slapstick, and I love a good pratfall. Can't wait to go back.

I saw the show tonight too and LOVED it. I even got called out at one point when one of the actors pointed at me and said "this man hasn't laughed at all for 45 minutes!" And everybody turned to look at me. I was laughing though lol. To me, it was all about what happens when you take the theater mantra "the show must go on" way way WAY too far. It was like Monday of tech Week/hell week and that's what made me connect to it. When you're in a show, you want to just keep going no matter what. And these poor characters sure did screw up in the most insane ways. I couldn't believe how many times I recoiled in shocked and covered my mouth at some of the more crazy pratfalls. But they sure were funny