The hit comedy continues at the Lyceum Theatre through January 6, 2019.
Mara Davi
Michael Hull
The Broadway production of The Play That Goes Wrong welcomes Toccarra Cash and Mara Davi to the cast beginning September 11 at the Lyceum Theatre. Cash and Davi join the cast as Annie and Sandra, respectively.
The two actors succeed Ashley Bryant and Amelia McClain, who played their final performances September 9.
The company currently features Jason Bowen (Broadway debut) as Trevor, Preston Truman Boyd (Sunset Boulevard) as Robert, Mark Evans (Paper Mill Playhouse’s Mary Poppins) as Chris, Alex Mandell (Hand to God) as Max, Jonathan Fielding as Jonathan, and Harrison Unger (Broadway debut) as Dennis with Adam Daveline (Broadway debut), Ashley Reyes (Broadway debut), Katie Sexton (Broadway debut), and Quinn Van Antwerp (Jersey Boys).
Co-written by Mischief Theatre company members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields (who all appeared in the original Broadway cast), The Play That Goes Wrong is produced by J. J. Abrams, Kevin McCollum, Kenny Wax, Stage Presence Ltd., and Catherine Schreiber. Abrams, best known as the director of blockbuster films such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens, made his Broadway producing debut with this show.
The Play That Goes Wrong is directed by Mark Bell and features Tony Award-winning 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 is currently slated to play through January 6, 2019, with a national tour opening in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this month.
The play introduces The Cornley University Drama Society, who are attempting to put on a 1920’s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong…does.
Get Up-Close With the Props Behind the Mayhem of The Play That Goes Wrong
Get Up-Close With the Props Behind the Mayhem of The Play That Goes Wrong
See how the show stays upright while everything else goes wrong.
21 PHOTOS
The Stage Right Props Table. All props taken on from stage right are set here at the top of the show. Behind the table is the maintenance area where broken items are fixed.
Marc J. Franklin
More Props Shelves. On the top right corner of the unit is a convex mirror to allow people walking out to see if the downstage curtains are open before they come around the corner.
Marc J. Franklin
Everything set for the top of the show. Liquid filled glasses are covered with paper towel to stop anything going in them and the pens are set on a test sheet so they can be tested before being brought on stage.
Marc J. Franklin
The Blunderbuss. With detachable barrel for a joke later in the show.
Marc J. Franklin
The Inspector's attaché case - I've hurt myself on this prop more than any other I think! I've taken a sharp latch to the finger and a hard corner to the groin!
Marc J. Franklin
The LEDGERS! Although there's only one ledger in the narrative, we use three different ones in the show, one normal for opening and reading, one glued shut for when it's thrown and one heavy wooden one to get a good sound when it's banged into things.
Marc J. Franklin
You can see the woodgrain through the paint in the ledger on the left from this distance but from the audience they look identical.
Marc J. Franklin
The Keys. These are gigantic to they can be seen clearly from the back of the Lyceum's 900 seat auditorium.
Marc J. Franklin
We use two Vases in the show. One real glass and one sugar glass (or breakaway glass) this is swapped in at the interval and used so the vase breaks easily and safely. Can you guess which one is which?
Marc J. Franklin
The Stretcher. Set at the top of the show, heavy metal poles for strength and the canvas is connected to them with Velco for when it needs to tear.
Marc J. Franklin
