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Wrong Mountain

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  5w, 7m

David Hirson

"A doozy...David Hirson, author of the inspired La Bete, returns to Broadway with a new play about the aftershocks of seismic success.... Laugh out loud moments ... [and] outrageous comic elements." - The New York Times

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Wrong Mountain

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    5w, 7m

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To win a bet with his ex-wife's fiancee, the disdainful poet Henry enters a play writing contest in this comic lampoon of the contemporary theatre. Henry discovers the disaster of success as he becomes everything he once condemned. A brilliant, darkly comic exploration of the "creative process" and modern culture.
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    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

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"A doozy...David Hirson, author of the inspired La Bete, returns to Broadway with a new play about the aftershocks of seismic success.... Laugh out loud moments ... [and] outrageous comic elements." - The New York Times

"Glitters with a wintry brightness lit by rays of youthful heat. It is a magnet for bristling themes and appealing characters...It raises fascinating questions about artistic intention and authenticity." - San Francisco Chronicle

"A fresh, vibrant piece of theatre about theatre ... as theatrical as it is intellectual, as entertaining as it is thought provoking." - Oakland Tribune

"Of the new Broadway plays, my money is on Wrong Mountain." - The New Yorker

"Gutsy...Shot full of high voltage wordplay." - Newsday

"Vivid, entertaining and genuinely funny." - New York Daily News

"Grabs you and smacks you about in an invigorating way." - Time Out

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