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| the cast Photo by Jeremy Daniel |
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"For over 30 years, Michael Frayn's comical farce Noises Off has been the epitome of the play within a play that goes horribly, and hilariously, off the tracks. Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields upped the ante of onstage and backstage shenanigans with their The Play That Goes Wrong, which opened in London in 2014, had a healthy Broadway run before transferring to its current Off-Broadway run, and is now out on a national tour. While I believe there are some moments in the piece that could be tightened up and a few repetitive scenes that could be trimmed to increase the hilarity, it still makes for a very funny comedy that will have you laughing out loud, chuckling and smiling for most of its two-hour duration. The tour features a game cast who throw themselves, literally, into their parts... " -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
".....The Play That Goes Wrong could make you hyperventilate. Really. It could also wear you down. It’s not only the cast who get a thorough work out. Long before the somewhat lengthy, chaotic conclusion arrives where just about everything is lost and both you and the cast have no idea where things are heading, you might feel equally exhausted..." -David Appleford, Valley Screen and Stage (click here to read the complete review)
"...The precise and gymnastic staging by Matt DeCarlo and Mark Bell is a marathon sprint. Increasingly outrageous set and prop failures, injurious door openings and closings abound. Particular credit should be given to the show's stage manager....calling the cues for THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, production stage manager Jeff Norman, who has no less comic timing than anyone on stage...." - Timothy Shawver, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)
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