When a fledgling television studio attempts its first-ever live broadcast, a cascade of miscues, ego clashes, and technical disasters turns a simple program into a full-throttle comic meltdown...broadcast in real time.

Live in 3, 2, 1… is a high-octane backstage farce set inside Studio 3H at 30 Rockefeller Center, where a fledgling television network is about to attempt a live broadcast—and absolutely nothing is ready. As egos clash, romances ignite, cues misfire, and technology betrays everyone involved, the pressure of going live turns small mistakes into cascading disasters.

What makes Live in 3, 2, 1… unique is its split perspective. The audience watches the frantic, physical chaos unfolding onstage—the wrong props, desperate improvisations, even brawls between actors—while simultaneously viewing the polished (and increasingly unhinged) live broadcast on monitors or projection. The result is a delicious theatrical double-take: the “show” as America sees it, and the glorious wreckage just outside the camera frame that makes it possible.

Driven by razor-sharp timing, escalating physical comedy, and a large ensemble firing on all cylinders, the play celebrates the madness of live performance and the illusion of control. A crowd-pleasing farce with a bold theatrical conceit, Live in 3, 2, 1… delivers nonstop laughs—and invites the audience to enjoy being in on the joke.

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