The team behind the global hit, The Play That Goes Wrong, brings their trademark comic mayhem to the J.M. Barrie classic Peter Pan. Peter Pan Goes Wrong is a highly physical comedy packed with finely-tuned and inspired slapstick, delivered with split-second timing and ambitious daring. The play sees the ‘Cornley Drama Society’ back on stage battling technical hitches, flying mishaps and cast disputes as they attempt to present J.M Barrie’s much-loved tale. But will they ever make it to Neverland?
At two hours and five minutes over two acts, the effect of the wackiness wears off a tad toward the end - even though the final chase scene is brilliantly choreographed on Simon Scullion's set of a million secrets. And some adults in the audience (not this one) might turn up their noses at Shields' pantomime-like insistence that kids boo Captain Hook. And they boo a lot. A few theatergoers looked aghast, like some drunks had just thrown their bras at King Lear. To them I'll give the opposite advice that Peter Pan would: Grow up! Shields' self-debasement is delightful. That's really all this lovable cast wants anyway - for us to get rowdy for them to be ridiculed.
Under the swift direction of Adam Meggido, the rollicking cast members deliver lines perfectly out of order and miss stage blocking to comic effect. In many ways, it is more challenging to waywardly fly on a harness and haphazardly roller skate upstage than to do it correctly and safely. Perhaps the show's biggest stars, though, are the actual stage managers (led by production stage manager Adam John Hunter) who employ hundreds of ill-timed sound cues (sound design by Ella Wahlström) and operate a decentered spotlight (lighting design by Matthew Haskins). This critic gives it four stars and advises you to go straight on to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
General Rush
Price: $45
Where: Barrymore Theatre box office on the day of the performance.
When: Available at each performance when the Box Office opens at 10AM the day of the performance.
Limit: Two per customer
Information: Determined at the discretion of the box office. Subject to daily availability.
Digital Lottery:
Price: $40
Where: PanGoesWrongBway.com/Lottery
When: Entries for the Peter Pan Goes Wrong digital lottery starts at 12 AM, one day before the performance, and winners are drawn the same day at 10 AM and 3 PM
Limit: Two per customer
Information: Tickets are subject to availability.
| 2016 | West End |
West End Return Engagement West End |
| 2023 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2023 | West End |
West End |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Featured Performer in a Play | Neil Patrick Harris |
| 2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Roberto Surace |
| 2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Adam Meggido |
| 2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| 2023 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Play | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| 2023 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Adam Meggido |
| 2023 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Peter Pan Goes Wrong |
| 2023 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Simon Scullion |
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