Olivier-Winning The Play That Goes Wrong Will Mess Things Up on Broadway; Dates & Theater Set

Something went right! The U.K. comedy The Play That Goes Wrong will head to Broadway this season. Performances will begin on March 9, 2017 at the Lyceum Theatre, where it is set to open on April 2. Mark Bell will direct. Among the producers for the Great White Way bow is producer, director and writer J.J. Abrams.

The Olivier-winning play by Mischief Theatre members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields introduces audiences to the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, a performance troupe attempting to put on a 1920s murder mystery. As the title suggests, it doesn’t go well, and the accident-prone thespians fight against all odds to make it to the curtain call.

Lewis, Sayer and Shields will appear in the Broadway staging, as will their fellow original West End cast members Matthew Cavendish, Bryony Corrigan, Rob Falconer, Dave Hearn, Charlie Russell, Greg Tannahill and Nancy Zamit. This marks the Great White Way debut for all of them.

Plans for a Broadway transfer were first reported in 2014 for a potential summer 2015 engagement. The show premiered in 2013 at London’s Old Red Lion before transferring to Trafalgar Studios. The comedy began performances at the West End’s Duchess Theatre in September 2014.

The production will feature sets by Nigel Hook, costumes by Roberto Surace, lighting by Ric Mountjoy and sound design by Andy Johnson.