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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 5, 2011
Closed Apr 17, 2011

Visit the Monster website:
http://www.panasianrep.org/vietnam_project_2_monster.shtml

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

A brutal beating... the menacing scrawl of graffiti... a bloody baseball bat... Detective Tang Tran investigates the mysterious case of a missing Vietnamese-American high school student on the heals of a hate crime. But the monster he finds may change him forever...

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



West End Theatre at Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
263 W 86th St
New York, NY 10024


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

A private investigator's past and present collide as he looks into the disappearance of a missing teenager in Derek Nguyen's Monster, being presented by Pan Asian Repertory at the West End Theatre. It's a two-tiered noir which unfolds against the backdrop of the legacy of the Vietnam War and the plight of that country's orphaned and abandoned children. And while the multilayered piece intrigues, Nguyen's often convoluted and confusing storytelling and a host of overly broad performances in director Kaipo Schwab's uneven staging, make the production a less than rewarding experience.

As the play opens, Det. Tang Tran (Daniel Lê), a contemporary private eye of the tough-talking, hardbo[...]


Reviewed by Andy Propst on Apr 6, 2011

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