THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Seattle Rep presents THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer from August 28 to September 28, 2025. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books, films and music to enhance your experience of the show.
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The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre
Drama abounds as the Beaconville High School Performing Arts Department puts on Les Misérables, and navigates superstitious curses, high school romance, and the nitty-gritty of production.
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Waiting for Guffman
"When the town of Blaine, Mo., approaches its sesquicentennial, there's only one way to celebrate: with a musical revue called "Red, White and Blaine." Hoping the show will be his ticket back to Broadway, impresario Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest) rounds up a cast of enthusiastic but untalented locals (Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara) to perform his masterwork. But, when Corky reveals that theater agent Mort Guffman will attend the opening, things really kick into high gear." (Rotten Tomatoes)
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Mr. Burns and Other Plays
This collection includes the play "10 out of 12," in which experimentalist playwright Anne Washburn provides a hilarious and poignant peek behind the curtain at the technical rehearsals for an unnamed play where everything can -- and does -- go wrong.
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Seattle Rep's THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG website
It’s opening night of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society’s production of The Murder at Haversham Manor, and despite the troupe’s best efforts, mishaps are causing mayhem on stage. From wayward props to malfunctioning scenery to unexpected understudies, the show must go on—but will the theater still be standing at the end of the performance?
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