«The Play That Goes Wrong» celebrates its 2,500th Off-Broadway performance: Saturday party with souvenirs and a special greeting

The well-known comedy «The Play That Goes Wrong» will celebrate on Saturday, 10 October, its 2,500th performance Off-Broadway, in one of the most symbolic moments of its almost decade-long New York career — according to BroadwayWorld.

Saturday’s 2:00 p.m. matinee at New World Stages will be accompanied by commemorative Playbill souvenirs, photo opportunities and a special greeting during the curtain call, as BroadwayWorld announces. According to the production’s own figures, the actors have crashed into the set, the props or each other a full 47,500 times — a statistic that turns the show’s very concept into an unstoppable record.

The comedy, created by the members of the Mischief company — Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields — is now in its ninth year of performances in New York City, having opened at New World Stages – Stage 4 on 20 February 2019, directed by Matt DiCarlo. Its creators rank seventh on the list of the most-produced authors of the 2026–2027 season. Tickets are on sale until 31 May 2027.

«The Play That Goes Wrong» is the winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and continues to play successfully for more than 12 years in London’s West End, at the Duchess Theatre. The madcap comedy about the amateur «Cornley University Drama Society», which attempts to stage a 1920s murder mystery — where everything that can go wrong, goes wrong — has become a global phenomenon of theatrical humour.

The current New York cast includes Adam Langdon as Dennis, Joanie Anderson as Annie, Kolby Kindle as Trevor, David McElwee as Chris, Samuel Douglas as Max, Greg Balla as Jonathan, Brent Bateman as Robert and Liana Hunt as Sandra, with Blair Baker, Laura D’Andre, Brandon Haagenson and Jemma Jane as understudies.