Hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong is heading for Broadway with film director/producer JJ Abrams on board as one of the producers. The Olivier Award winning West End hit comedy, will arrive in New York this spring.
The Play That Goes Wrong will begin performances Thursday, March 9 and officially open Sunday, April 2, 2017 at The Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45 Street).
Special $25 pre-sale tickets are now available in all orchestra and front mezzanine seats and $15 balcony seats during preview performances. This special pre-sale offer ends Wednesday, November 23 and is available online at www.telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200.
Co-written by Mischief Theatre company members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, The Play That Goes Wrong started off as a small Fringe production and has already been an Olivier Award-winning West End hit. The play introduces The ‘Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society’ who are attempting to put on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong...does, as the accident prone thespians battle on against all the odds to get to their final curtain call.
The Play That Goes Wrong in America will star the original West End cast featuring Matthew Cavendish, Bryony Corrigan, Rob Falconer, Dave Hearn, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields, Greg Tannahill and Nancy Zamit.
Producer Kevin McCollum said “When I first saw The Play That Goes Wrong at the Duchess Theatre in London I was inspired by their craft and comedy. Afterward, I met the Mischief Theatre Company and was delighted to learn they were as hilarious offstage as they were on. I love that the Mischief crew started as a group of friends in drama school just trying to make each other laugh and through their inventiveness and ingenuity, have succeeded in making thousands laugh with three plays currently running simultaneously on the West End. I’m thrilled to be part of the team that brings their “mischief” and lunacy to Broadway. We all really need a good laugh.”
J. J. Abrams said "I have been a fan of theatre all my life. Embarrassingly, I still have every Playbill, from the very first shows my grandmother took me to. When I saw The Play That Goes Wrong on the West End, I hadn't laughed that hard - seen something as preposterously absurd or wonderfully hilarious - in ages. To be part of the team bringing this inspired comedy to Broadway is a true honour. Whatever happens, I'm saving the Playbill."
In addition to their current hit London production of The Play That Goes Wrong at The Duchess Theatre, Mischief Theatre’s The Comedy About A Bank Robbery plays The Criterion Theatre and their production of Peter Pan Goes Wrong just reopened at The Apollo Theatre to rave reviews, making Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields the youngest ever writers to have three shows playing simultaneously in the West End.
The Play That Goes Wrong is directed by Mark Bell, featuring set design by Nigel Hook, lighting design by Ric Mountjoy, sound design by Andy Johnson and costume design by Roberto Surace.
The Play That Goes Wrong will be produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, J.J Abrams Kenny Wax Ltd. and Stage Presence Ltd and Catherine Schreiber.
Read BTJ's review on the London production here.
