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'The Play That Goes Wrong' Broadway Review: JJ Abrams Presents a British Farce With a Thick Slice of Ham
Dropped lines and dropped props are the order of the day as an "amateur" troupe mounts an ill-fated mystery to hilarious effect
https://www.thewrap.com/play-goes-wrong-broadway-review-jj-abrams-british-farce-ham/
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Theater: What Goes Right With ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’
The pleasures, and limits, of Basil Fawlty farce.
http://www.vulture.com/2017/04/theater-what-goes-right-with-the-play-that-goes-wrong.html
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Broadway Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong,’ Produced by J.J. Abrams – Variety
The show must go on -- but forgotten lines, lost props, technical gaffes and rebellious scenery all seem to reply, “Oh no it doesn’t.”
http://variety.com/2017/legit/reviews/the-play-that-goes-wrong-review-broadway-1202019860/
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The Play That Goes Wrong | Lyceum Theatre | Theater in New York
Theater review by Adam Feldman
Ah, the joy of watching theater fail. The looming possibility of malfunction is part of what makes live performance excit
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-play-that-goes-wrong
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The Play That Goes Wrong review at Lyceum Theatre, New York – 'deliriously funny'
Successful Broadway transfer for the deliriously funny theatrical farce, The Play That Goes Wrong at Lyceum Theatre, New York. Read The Stage review.
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2017/play-goes-wrong-review-lyceum-theatre-new-york/
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Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ Upends a Whodunit - The New York Times
This knockabout farce from London trades on the perverse comfort of watching things go smash in a safe, contained environment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/02/theater/review-the-play-that-goes-wrong-review.html?_r=0
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‘The Play That Goes Wrong,’ produced by J.J. Abrams — review - NY Daily News
Making a comedy that's funny can be a mission impossible.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/play-wrong-not-theater-review-article-1.3015012
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‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ review: The comedy goes right | Newsday
How many times must characters get smashed in the head with doors and other wooden planks before, I admit it, even the most farce-averse among
https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/the-play-that-goes-wrong-review-the-comedy-goes-right-1.13345179
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Aisle View: An Inspector Calls | Huffpost
At the second preview of The Play That Goes Wrong, the West End import at the venerable Lyceum Theatre off Times Square, the Laugh-o-Meter that the producers rigged up at the back of the house spontaneously combusted. Or maybe there was no such thing; but if so, they need not rep
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/58e00fdee4b0d804fbbb7394
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'The Play That Goes Wrong' Review | Hollywood Reporter
J.J. Abrams is among the Broadway transfer producers of 'The Play That Goes Wrong,' the hit British comedy about an amateur theater troupe's disastrous attempt at staging a murder mystery.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/play-goes-wrong-review-990621
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J.J. Abrams-Backed Comedy ‘The Play That Went Wrong’- Broadway Review | Deadline
Like certain sanctified Hollywood creation myths -- pretty girl, soda fountain, famous director -- the one about going out a chorus girl and coming back a star retains a surefire audience appeal. Something like that has grown up around J.J. Abrams.
http://deadline.com/2017/04/the-play-that-went-wrong-j-j-abrams-broadway-review-1202057952/
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The Play That Goes Wrong Review: Murder most silly
Before the play-within-the-play begins, its director apologizes for “the box office mix-up,” expressing hope that “the 617 of you affected will enjoy our little murder mystery just as much as you would have enjoyed Hamilton.” That’s the most sophisticated joke – indeed one of the
https://dctheatrescene.com/2017/04/02/play-goes-wrong-review-murder-silly/
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‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ on Broadway Is So Right
‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ is a chaotic satire of both country house murder mysteries, and small-scale theater companies and thespians. It is tremendously silly, and brilliant.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-play-that-goes-wrong-on-broadway-is-so-right
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Review: 'Play That Goes Wrong' gets it right by going really remarkably wrong - Chicago Tribune
Review: 'Play That Goes Wrong' on Broadway is a British farce by Mischief Theatre with one foot in that old-school tradition, a foot that gets tripped over, stomped on, things dropped on it, et cetera.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/broadway/sc-play-goes-wrong-review-20170402-column.html
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‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ review: Comedy gets it hilariously right | am New York
An unofficial sequel to “Noises Off” has arrived in the form of “The Play That Goes Wrong."
https://www.amny.com/entertainment/the-play-that-goes-wrong-review-comedy-gets-it-hilariously-right-1.13351699
