Wrong Mountain
Broadway Comedy
Previews December 27 1999
Opened January 13 2000
Limited Run to February 5 2000
Run 19 previews | 28 performances
Running Time 2 hrs 15 mins | 1
intermission
Tickets $25 to $65
Prices do not include any taxes,
service charges or other charges
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Creative David
Hirson author | Richard Jones director
Cast Ron Rifkin | Danny Davis | Daniel
Jenkins | Larry Pine | Tom Riis Farrell
Review Wrong Mountain
is a comedy about an older poet, jealous of the success of his
ex-wife's new playwright husband, who takes a shot at pop
playwriting and finds himself in the midst of the roller coaster
world of modern theatre
Ron Rifkin rants, Ron Rifkin raves.
Ron Rifkin vents. As Henry Dennett in David Hirson's Wrong
Mountain Ron Rifkin chews the curtain as if he is performing in
a David Mamet show. But Wrong Mountain is supposed to be a
comedy. Author Hirson is good enough with satire and a bit of
parody, but he never weaves elements into a whole -- not low enough
to be an enjoyable, sophomoric farce, not smart enough to coax
restrained giggles from the knowing. The path chosen for Wrong
Mountain calls for a writer adept at comedic timing and what the
popular audience likes, Neil Simon, for example
Or Guy Halperin (played by Michael
Winters), a playwright who sussed out what audiences want and is
able to give it to them. The Henry Dennett character's roller
coaster ride begins when he boasts he will be able to get a play of
his own writing produced within six months. He becomes involved with
Maurice, the producer of a way out of town stock company, and the
show-within-a-show frolics begin. Daniel Davis as Maurice is as
refreshing as he was as the butler on television's The Nanny,
and out-of-town audiences will enjoy his solid performance
Bottom Line If you want a
show-within-a-show comedy go with Kiss
Me Kate; at least there you get music . . . and Bernadette
Peters
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