A Moon for the Misbegotten
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 18, 2012
Closed Apr 15, 2012
Opened Mar 18, 2012
Closed Apr 15, 2012
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They meet on a barren patch of earth, in the ghostly glow of an autumn moon. The jaded James Tyrone is on the edge of despair; the fiercely passionate Josie Hogan is lonely beyond endurance. But on this night, under this moon, hope sparks between them. In Eugene O'Neill's bittersweet elegy, two wounded hearts experience the power of redemption--and the saving grace of love.
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Two of the charges against Eugene O'Neill -- that his plays lack both humor and poetry -- are summarily dismissed in the Pearl Theatre's commanding revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten at New York City Center Stage II. The play is normally considered a somber affair, and the friction between father and daughter, especially throughout the first act, is played for its dysfunctional strife and mounting tension. While none of that quality is lost, the amusement lurking in the hurled verbal abuse roars through.
Much of the credit for mining the barrelful of laughs in the ultimately heart-rending tale of how strapping, self-proclaimed everybody's girl Josie Hogan (Kim Martin-Cotton) breaks [...]