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Its always fun to see someone get bonked on the head.
The question is really the amount of fun to be had per bonk.
One bonk is a reliable punch line.
Two can seem like a little much.
Three, thanks to comedys rule of threes, is funnier than two or one.
More than that is generally overkill until you get to about 50, when the gagmightget funny again.
In every case, you cringe at the potential of bodily harm, then bounce back into laughter.
Its basic, lowest-common-denominator theater, but it tends to work with variable but generally positive returns.
Let this cast entertain you.
Let their bonks make you smile.
Peter Pancomes to us Americans from LondonsGoes Wrongfranchise, created by the Mischief Theatre company.
Things go off the rails for reasons both mundane, like actors forgetting their lines, and elaborately absurd.
Just wait till you see the pirate-ship set start spinning.
The bread and butter ofPeter Pans humor is broad and full of grievous injuries.
Like most carb-and-fat combinations, that means it goes down easy but risks leaving us too sated too soon.
For the most part,Peter Pan GoesWrongmanages by keeping the action moving.
The Cornley Society directors are stuck up and get the most embarrassment.
Peter Pan Goes Wrongis at the Barrymore Theatre.
