Iago and Macbeth are at the top of that list. “I love performing Shakespeare, and have a few favorites I’ve yet to play. Thatcher notes that the opening in Wilmington will be a pivotal moment for him-performing on a stage where he used to be in the audience.Īnd what does the future hold for Thatcher’s career? After this tour ends, he says, he hopes to return to the classics. I have a lot of family and friends coming to see us perform, and I’m very much looking forward to seeing them.” But, I have a feeling my best Wilmington memories will happen while our tour is in town. “I’ve seen several shows at Delaware Theatre Company and a few Broadway tours at The Playhouse on Rodney Square. “I mostly went to Wilmington to see theater,” he says. While a student at West Chester, he spent some time in our fair city. Robert also holds a special place in his heart because, as Thatcher notes, it’s the role he played in his 2018 Broadway debut. I need both my muscles and voice to be ready for a simultaneous sprint and marathon on stage.” My character rarely leaves the stage, and he’s anything but subtle. ![]() I do strength training and cardio during the day, and then stretch before the show, and my vocal warmup is similar to what I do before a musical. Again, it’s very physically demanding, but it’s also a vocal workout. The Play That Goes Wrong is a different beast entirely. “For most plays, I stretch a little and do a simple vocal warmup. Thatcher also says that prepping for this role required a bit more physical effort. But his overzealousness often leads to some of the biggest things going wrong, and that’s a lot of fun to play.” “If something goes wrong, he feels that the audience won’t notice because his ‘brilliant acting’ will cover it. ![]() “Robert thinks he’s the best actor in the company,” Thatcher says. Without giving too much away, he says, Robert gets himself in some very precarious and dangerous situations. Thatcher says that Robert, while one of the most physically demanding roles he’s ever tackled, is also his favorite. But as this play’s title suggests, it essentially evolves into Murphy’s Law of theater-an unconscious leading lady, an “undead” corpse, bumbling actors, broken props, missed cues and more. The Play That Goes Wrong introduces audiences to The Cornley University Drama Society, which is attempting to put on Opening Night of a 1920s murder mystery, The Murder at Haversham Manor. The audience is watching navigate obstacle after obstacle, and often, they choose the worst possible solution and stick to it 100 percent.” “While it’s a comedy for the audience, it’s an absolute tragedy for the actors. “Everything that can go wrong does go wrong,” says Thatcher. He plays Robert, an actor in the hapless production. The touring production now bursts onto The Playhouse stage, with West Chester University alum (class of 2012) Michael Thatcher in one of the leading roles. The production premiered in London in 2012 and was named Best New Comedy at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards (also in London). This madcap murder/mystery/theater circus was penned by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields-members of Mischief Theatre Co., a British comedy theater founded in 2008. ![]() What if Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python had a Broadway baby? That’s the question posed by the producers of The Play That Goes Wrong. ![]() grad hits the Playhouse stage in his favorite role
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