I never saw "A play that goes wrong" but this was absolutely hilarious.
You probably know the premise: they try to do this familiar play but at every turn everything goes spectacularly and side splittingly pair shaped from technical problems, actors confusing lines and costume malfunctions.
I appreciate that on paper it sounds a bit painful and liable to just coast people humiliating themselves and easy gags that are just copy and pasted from disastrous rehearsals the writers have been in but the whole thing is impeccably thought through and choreographed to precision and executed flawlessly by an amazing cast.
And on top of all that there is a narrative among the in-universe cast that develops and resolves without detracting from the main thing.
I can be something of a comedy snob but this was the real deal. Legit comedy in its purest form.
You probably know the premise: they try to do this familiar play but at every turn everything goes spectacularly and side splittingly pair shaped from technical problems, actors confusing lines and costume malfunctions.
I appreciate that on paper it sounds a bit painful and liable to just coast people humiliating themselves and easy gags that are just copy and pasted from disastrous rehearsals the writers have been in but the whole thing is impeccably thought through and choreographed to precision and executed flawlessly by an amazing cast.
And on top of all that there is a narrative among the in-universe cast that develops and resolves without detracting from the main thing.
I can be something of a comedy snob but this was the real deal. Legit comedy in its purest form.