"The first half was cute but not funny at all. The second half was funny. It's totally slapstick."
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Broadway.com Customer on Jul 6, 2026
This show is for kids only
"The jokes in this play are really only funny for kids below age 12. I cannot recommend this play at all for adults. The price is not justified for this show. "
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Stefan W from Wetzikon on Oct 20, 2025
Slapstick wears thin
"While the actors work hard and are excellent, the slapstick humor was just too much for us. There were several funny moments but the play deteriorates toward the end as the same gags are featured over and over again. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 7, 2025
Dumb and very drawn out
"We didn’t enjoy the show and didn’t feel it was worth the money. There were a few funny moments, mostly at the beginning, but it goes on for way too long and is just dumb comedy. Lots of slapstick but also lots of jokes that just didn’t really land. It seemed about half the audience liked it and the other half did not. I wouldn’t recommend and was disappointed to have “wasted” a night on this play instead of going to another Broadway musical. "
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Broadway.com Customer on May 28, 2025
Not worth a penny
"The acting was soo corny and the jokes were simply not funny"
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Broadway.com Customer on Mar 30, 2025
About
The Play That Goes Wrong
Welcome to opening night of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor. This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a Broadway show—a ramshackle set, a leading lady with a concussion, and a corpse that can’t play dead. It’s a classic murder mystery… and it’s a mystery how it ever got to Broadway!
