by Nicole Bradford
Opening this Friday, the Pearl Theater’s new play is guaranteed to go wrong in increasingly disastrous ways.
Set in the 1920s, the popular comedy “The Play that Goes Wrong” is a “play within a play,” as the cast attempts to pull off a murder mystery. However, everything that can go wrong — including uncooperative props and forgotten lines — does.
The 2012 play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields won Best New Comedy at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards and has been described as a blend of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes.
The Pearl Theatre’s production, directed by Leslie Barrera, opens at 8 p.m. this Friday and continues at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the community theater, 14803 Park Almeda Drive. Performances continue through April 7.
The box office opens an hour before showtime for ticket purchase and pickup. Tickets are $18 for seniors and students and $20 for adults.
The Pearl Theatre’s 2024 season also includes “Disney’s Descendants: The Musical” from May 3-12 and “American Son” set for June 14-30.
For more information, call 832-459-4674 or email director@pearl-theater.com.
