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Yeah, I can't find shit either.
Safe to say this is complete bunk from an obscure Creepypasta or image board post.
Edit: even more baffling, it seems like it came from the original launchpad entries and has been there since 2015. Can anyone pull up the original launch pad for the trope and see what the hell is going on and if any context was given with the entry?
Edited by CryptidProductionsThe troper behind the original TLP is still active, so I'mma go PM him and see if he remembers where it came from.
Edit: PM sent.
Edit 2: Found the draft!
Interestingly, while the example is the draft itself, it's not in the history.
The last line seems like a strong indication that this is fiction: "It was then discovered that there were thirteen people in the cast, thirteen musicians in the band and thirteen songs in the show." How on earth would they get to the point of casting, much less further into the rehearsals/production, before "discovering" how many songs were in the show? (The "discovery" of the number of cast members/musicians could possibly mean the number left after all the incidents, but the number of songs in the show should be right there in the script.)

Found this entry on "https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheProductionCurse
", think that it is very likely to be fake because 1) there is a playwright called Lawrence Wright but his earliest play dates to 2005 2) no evidence I can find online of a play called "On With the Show" written by a Lawrence Wright 3) Entry itself reads too much like a creepypasta anyway.
"When Lawrence Wright put his thirteenth play on the stage in 1938 titled On With The Show, he avoided prompting fear among traditionally superstitious actors by saying that it was actually his fourteenth. The fates now thwarted, he went ahead. First, the theatre burnt down and all the props were destroyed. On the replacement smaller pavilion one musician slipped and sprained his wrist while two others were rushed away with gastric troubles. A main character lost his voice while another had to have all his teeth pulled out, leaving him helpless throughout the run. A dancer was ordered to take complete rest, two members of the chorus suffered from sprained ankles and a separate dancer fell upstairs and hurt her leg. The manager collapsed one day while the wardrobe organiser fell and sprained her arm. It was then discovered that there were thirteen people in the cast, thirteen musicians in the band and thirteen songs in the show."