77 stories by "Mondschein"
A few predictions...
Yes, ok, I know I had virtually vanished for an extended period.
It happens - - like life.
So for today, I'm back with a couple of prognostications. It's not a fu…
The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence, at Playwrights Horizons, November 16, 2013
Madeleine George's gimmicky new play, a riff on sidekicks named Watson and their roles in history (…
"The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence" at Playwrights Horizons
DISCOUNT TICKETS TO THE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE for YOUR READERS:Regular run:Â Nov 15-…
"All That Fall" at 59E59 Theatre, November 10, 2013
(Photo by Carol Rosegg)
All was gray - the afternoon, the audience, and for the most part, the somewhat starry cast, featurin…
"The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters" at Playwrights Horizons, October 26, 2013
PH continues to develop new work for the stage, with this new play running in their Peter Jay Sharp Th…
"The Snow Geese" presented by Manhattan Theatre Club, October 20, 2013
An approaching winter of discontent is stirring as the lights come up on The Snow Geese, Sharr White's new p…
"The Old Friends" at The Pershing Square Signature Center, October 17, 2013
(Photo by Joan Marcus)
Horton Foote was a prolific playwright. The Old Friends is actually a seque…
"A Time to Kill"Â at John Golden Theatre,October 10, 2103
(photo: Carol Rosegg)
The prodigious author John Grisham has entered a third medium to recycle his work with Rupert H…
"The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters" at Playwrights Horizons
Discount tickets to The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters for my readers (both of your):
Regular run:Â Oct 18-Dec 1Tues 7…
"Quidam" presented by Cirque du Soleil at Barclay's Center, July 25, 2013
In a tentless production, Cirque returns to NY with the long-running Quidam for a short stint at the Barc…
"The Comedy of Error" presented by The Public Theater at Delacorte Theater, June 2, 2013
(photo by Joan Marcus)
The first of the Public Theater's presentations of Shakespeare in …
"The Silver Cord" presented by Peccadillo Theater Company at the Theatre at St. Clement's, June 8, 2013
(Photo by Carol Rosegg)
A tradition of restorative productions is a s…
Just under the wire, here are my predictions:
Best Play
*
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Best Musical
*
Matilda The Musical
Best Revival …
The National Theater of Scotland's production of "Macbeth" at Ethel Barrymore Theatre, May 20, 2013
Alan Cumming returns to the Great White Way, reprising his one-man production o…
"WORKING" presented by Prospect Theater Company at 59E59 Theatre, December 12, 2012
(photo: Richard Termine)
Prospect Theater Company presents a new re-working of the 1978 musica…
"Jackie Hoffman's A Chanukah Charol" at New World Stages, December 8, 2012
Jackie Hoffman's kvetching continues with her new show at New World Stages. "A Chanukah Charol&…
"Falling" at Minetta Lane Theatre, October 14, 2012
(photo: Carol Rosegg)
There's an intense situation happening at Minetta Lane Theatre, courtesy of Deanna Jent's new play makin…
"Heresy" at The Flea, October 13, 2012
(photo: Hunter Canning)
In a new world premiere, the prolific A. R. Gurney returns to The Flea with an overwrought story set in the near fu…
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" at the Booth Theatre, October 11, 2012
Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre returns to Broadway with the revival of Edward Albee's play about the battle…
"Ten Chimneys" presented by The Peccadillo Theater Company at the Theatre at St. Clement's , September 29, 2012
(photo: Carol Rosegg)
I was excited to see this play billed as a p…
If you're looking for a bit of cool summer froth, head downtown. Mixing the metaphors of Gregory Maguire (Wicked), Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (Urinetown), and Douglas Carter Beane (Lysistr…
"Triassic Park, The Musical"at Soho Playhouse, June 23, 2012
(Looking back, I found this post never got published.)
If you're looking for a bit of cool summer froth, head downtow…
Playwrights Horizons campaign
Playwrights Horizons is one of the country's most important incubators of new plays and musicals. Won't you "LIKE" them on Facebook by June 30, and help them e…
Look, Ma. I'm 6!
It was six years ago today that I made my first blog post with a review of Pig Farm at the Roundabout's off-Broadway house, the Laura Pels Theatre.
Since then I've pos…
2012 Tony Award Winners
presented June 10, 2012
Well, let's see how I did, shall we? My votes are bolded. The actual winners are underlined.
Best Play
Clybourne Park  …
