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'The Play That Goes Wrong' opens Friday in Little Theatre
Members of the cast of the Montana Actors' Theatre production of "The Play That Goes Wrong" rehearse a scene Wednesday in Montana State University-Northern's Little Theatre.
A play that Montana Actors' Theatre describes as "part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes," opens Friday in Havre.
The troupe's production of "The Play That Went Wrong" by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields opens at 8 p.m. Friday in The Little Theatre in Montana State University-Northern's Cowan Hall.
"This comedy is guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter," MAT said in a release about the production.
The play tells the story of a university drama society's latest production, "The Murder at Havrersham Manor," where virtually anything that can go badly in a theater production does go wrong.
"The accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences," MAT's release said.
The longest-running play in London's West End, "The Play That Went Wrong" is on an American tour and recently opened on Broadway.
A release on the website of the Broadway production cites some reviews of the play.
"With an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can't play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines), it's 'A riotous explosion of comedy!' (The Daily Beast) and 'Tons of fun for all ages!' (HuffPost)," the site says.
The play won Best New Comedy at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards.
Friday's production includes a Red Carpet Gala for season producers and nightly sponsors of MAT, with all others welcome to attend that night's production following the gala. The doors and Backstage Lounge open at 7:30 p.m. for Friday's production and all other nightly productions. Nightly productions follow Saturday and Dec. 15-17, and 21-23 at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, Dec. 18, at 2 p.m. with the doors and lounge open at 1:30 p.m.
Tickets are available online at https://mtactors.com and at at Havre Area Chamber of Commerce, The Computer Center, & Company Apparel and Bear Paw Meats. Tickets are $15; $10 for students, seniors and members of the military; and Northern students gain free admission with a valid student ID.
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