# Saw The Play That Goes Wrong in the New World Stage in NYC **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** theater-stage-dance\ **Created:** [June 30, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350 "2023-06-30T14:21:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350/21 "2023-07-04T12:06:09Z")
I’ve seen both _The Play That Goes Wrong_ and _The Mousetrap_ in London. _The Mousetrap_ is a Agatha Christie story. It’s all right but nothing great. _The Play That Goes Wrong_ is a big collection of the mistakes that bad play production can produce. It’s a little better, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350/22 "2023-07-04T16:06:20Z")
Similar to the Peter Pan Goes Wrong, listen to the first part of a _This American Life_ episode called [Fiasco](https://www.thisamericanlife.org/699/fiasco). ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350/23 "2023-07-04T19:31:33Z")
Noises Off is the reverse TPTGW. The play - the funniest ever? - is better than the movie. The movie’s fine, with an all-time great cast, but nothing compares to the perfect split-second timing of entrances and exits live. You know the film is a cheat. The Goes Wrong Show was deigned first for television and only later made into a live version. It doesn’t depend on timing in the same way but the cheats were baked into tv and can’t quite be duplicated on stage. (It was shot before a live audience, but they say nothing about how long the audience sat there.) The play is still a marvel. You should go see it if you ever get a chance. I drove 90 miles to see it. I also want you to check out the tv show. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350/24 "2023-07-04T19:38:37Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > The Goes Wrong Show was deigned first for television and only later made into a live version Really? I thought the play came first (2012) and the TV show followed much later(2019). ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350/25 "2023-07-04T19:42:05Z")
OK. I looked up the show on Wikipedia and it said nothing about that. > In 2016, [Mischief Theatre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischief_Theatre) was offered the opportunity by the [BBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC) to produce a [televised adaptation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischief_Theatre#Television_productions) of _[Peter Pan Goes Wrong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan_Goes_Wrong)_, which aired in December 2016.[[9]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goes_Wrong_Show#cite_note-9) The following year, the broadcaster invited the company back to produce a new special, titled _A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong_, in December 2017.[[10]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goes_Wrong_Show#cite_note-10) Both specials proved a success with viewers, leading Mischief Theatre to be commissioned for a television series for [BBC One](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_One). The company’s directors, Shields and Sayer, opted to using the same writers and cast for the series, and devised the series as _The Goes Wrong Show_, focused on the fictional theatre company the cast performed as being involved in conducting different stage performances.[[11]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goes_Wrong_Show#cite_note-11)[[12]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goes_Wrong_Show#cite_note-12) The six episodes were each given different themes for their play, including a period romance and a spy thriller, and led to the production of six half-hour episodes.[[13]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goes_Wrong_Show#cite_note-BBC_EpGuide-13) A second series was later commissioned, beginning with a Christmas special in 2020, followed by five episodes in 2021.[[14]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goes_Wrong_Show#cite_note-14) But you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350/26 "2023-07-05T00:32:03Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Highlight the words, sentence, or entire post that you want to quote. A little Quote box will appear above them. Click on Quote and the highlighted text appears in your reply box at the point where your cursor is. Right at the top normally, or after or between your words if you move your cursor ther Testing, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350/27 "2023-07-05T00:42:08Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Similar to the Peter Pan Goes Wrong, listen to the first part of a _This American Life_ episode called [Fiasco](https://www.thisamericanlife.org/699/fiasco). That’s the first thing I thought of reading the thread. One of my all-time favorite TAL episodes, it also features the classic/tragic tale, “Squirrel Cop”. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350/28 "2023-07-05T10:29:19Z")
It’s probably worth mentioning that, in addition to being a hilarious depiction of everything that can go wrong in live theatre, the show is _also_ a well-written mystery that keeps you guessing and has a satisfactory conclusion. It’d probably still be an entertaining show if it were played straight. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350/29 "2023-08-05T15:31:48Z")
We bought our tickets for TPTGW in London, looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350/30 "2023-11-27T16:05:06Z")
Saw it in London on Thanksgiving, it was amazing. Highly recommended. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350.md?page=1)