Now playing at the Majestic Theatre is ‘The Play That Goes Wrong,’ Broadway and London’s award-winning smash comedy. It opened on Tuesday and will run until Sunday June 23. There are still five chances to see it with showtimes on Friday at 8p.m., Saturday at 2p.m. and 8p.m. and Sunday at 2p.m. and 7:30p.m. Tickets start at $30 and are available at Ticketmaster online, by calling (800) 982-2787 or by visiting the Majestic Box Office. Called “A gut -busting hit “ by The New York Times and “The funniest play Broadway has ever seen” by HuffPost, this classic murder mystery is full of mishaps and madcap mania. Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things quickly go from bad to utterly disastrous.

‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ is a play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre Company. Before it begins, the stage crew of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are making last minute adjustments to the set, including trying to mend a broken mantlepiece and looking for a lost dog. The disasters begin as soon Chris, (Evan Alexander Smith) the head of the drama company, comes onstage to introduce the night’s play and misses the spotlight. He talks about the company’s past attempts at putting on productions but is thrilled to introduce their latest effort. The first scene of the play has the lights prematurely go up as Jonathan (Yaegel T.Welch) – playing Charles Haversham is crawling on the floor trying to take his place onstage. The lights go down again and come back up as he is posed as dead on the chaise longue. His death is at the center of this play within a play and is meant to be a 1920s murder mystery play but in the spirit of show business, “the show must go on.” During the performance, several disasters plague the cast and crew including doors sticking, props falling from the walls, misplaced props, mispronounced words and being hidden in a grandfather clock. The climax is a tribute to a scene in Buster Keaton’s film Steamboat Bill, Jr. when most of the remaining set collapses.

The Majestic Theatre usually plays host to musicals, so to experience a play, a comedy no less, is a treat. The laughs begin right from the beginning and keep coming with every scene. A cross between a Sherlock Holmes mystery and a slapstick Monty Python comedy, it is entertaining on all levels and even breaks the fourth wall when they reference and address the audience. Occasionally, a scene goes on for too long, for example, when a missed line causes a repeated loop of the scene, but it is still funny. The talented cast works well together and the physical comedy is top-notch. Sometimes a hearty laugh or two is just what the doctor ordered and overall, ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ is a hilarious good time and a must-see production. Come prepared to laugh your socks off.