Email Author Mayank Keshaviah

2008 Stories by Mayank Keshaviah

• A Chicago Christmas Carol

  published December 11, 2008

  William A. Reilly and Gary Lamb have transplanted Charles Dickens’ tale to Upton Sinclair’s Chicago in a quasi-Brechtian musical take on... More >>

• eLove, A Musical.Com/edy

  published November 20, 2008

  This world-premiere musical by Wayland Pickard explores an online romance between an older man and woman who are newly single. After a Web site... More >>

• eLove, a Musical.com/edy

  published November 20, 2008

  This world-premiere musical by Wayland Pickard explores an online romance between an older man and woman who are newly single. After a Web site... More >>

• Miss Witherspoon

  published November 13, 2008

  Set against the firmament of Stephen Gifford’s minimalist set, this West Coast premiere of Christopher Durang’s exploration of the... More >>

• Nihil Obstat

  published October 16, 2008

  Bill Sterritt’s spare three-character play, set in France in 1095 A.D., centers on the machinations within the papacy in the period just... More >>

• The Groundlings, Your Body and You

  published September 25, 2008

  In unusual twist for The Groundlings sketch comedy/improv troupe, the title of their latest show actually relates to material in it. Featuring... More >>

• The Four of Us

  published September 18, 2008

  An exploration of the space between ideals and reality, Itamar Moses' clever, surprising play takes us inside the lives of novelist Ben (Ryan... More >>

• The Redhead Menace

  published September 11, 2008

  This world-premiere musical, was first developed by Adam Jackman and Katie Thompson in the New York cabaret scene as a response to a finding that... More >>

• Boyle Heights

  published September 4, 2008

  This seldom produced work by Josefina Lopez (famous for Real Women Have Curves) is an exploration of the Rosales family through the eyes of... More >>

• Inherit the Wind

  published August 28, 2008

  A fictionalization of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s masterpiece tells of a high school teacher,... More >>

• Just Like White People

  published August 14, 2008

  This world premiere from 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, the curiously named but well-established Asian-American improv troupe, is an eclectic... More >>

• Turpentine Jake

  published August 7, 2008

  Set in the Florida Turpentine camps of the 1930s, this gritty tale of black workers under the “debt peonage” system is dramatized by the... More >>

• They're Just Like Us

  published July 31, 2008

  The Cheap Trick classic “I Want You to Want Me” is a perfect description of the characters in Boo Killebrew’s tongue-in-cheek... More >>

• Natural Selection

  published May 29, 2008

  Imagine a theme park where caricatures of other cultures are put on display for the amusement of tourists. Disneyland, you say? Close, but the... More >>

• The Concept of Remainders

  published April 24, 2008

  In its world premiere, Richard Martin Hirsh’s examination of midlife crises features two couples who become very close. Mac (Dan Gilvezan)... More >>

• Fortinbras

  published April 3, 2008

  This revival of Lee Blessing’s Hamlet redux picks up at the end of the original tale and has strong contemporary resonance due to the... More >>

• West Bank, UK

  published March 27, 2008

  An irreverent take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Oren Safdie and Ronnie Cohen’s musical creates strange bedfellows in Israeli Assaf... More >>

• Groundlings Swimsuit Edition

  published March 6, 2008

  Drawing on a variety of current themes and issues, the Groundlings shine in their newest show that, following a Groundlings tradition, has... More >>

• Invasion of the Minnesota Normals

  published March 6, 2008

  In Jen Ellison’s play, which might be titled Waiting for Roy, Ruth McKinley (Deborah F. Reed) plays hostess on a rainy night in a 1950s... More >>

• All the Help You Need: The Adventures of a Hollywood Handyman

  published March 6, 2008

  “Who the fuck are you?,” shouts a gun-toting assailant as the lights come up. While we are not sure who the gunman is, we quickly... More >>

• Sexy Laundry

  published February 21, 2008

  In the American premiere of Michele Rimi's look at making love in middle age, Alice Lane (Frances Fisher) brings her reluctant husband, Henry... More >>

• THE $4 MILLION GIVEAWAY

  published January 10, 2008

  Set in a two-room suite at New York's Knickerbocker Arms, Art Shulman's "mystery" examines what large amounts of money make people do. Jesse... More >>

• Sexy Laundry

  published January 10, 2008

  In the American premiere of Michele Rimi's look at making love in middle age, Alice Lane (Frances Fisher) brings her reluctant husband, Henry... More >>