The Window – Location, Tickets, Reviews
Produced by the Teatro Italiano Network, The Window takes place in a New York City flat in 1954. It centers on Eva, a young woman who becomes depressed after her wedding is unexpectedly called off. On the day she should have departed for her honeymoon, she instead finds herself at home all alone. She occupys herself with the task of testing out a new dietary soft drink for a soda company.
Then Nora–Eva’s sultry and wild, middle-aged aunt who’s stuck in a loveless marriage and is desperately looking to escape her suffocating Park Avenue life–enters the scene, vowing to keep her dejected niece company. It doesn’t take long for Eva to stumble upon a startling truth about her Aunt. It’s a revelation that conflicts with Eva’s conservative morals and threatens to destroy their relationship.The jarring discovery–coupled with a mysterious, unsettling scream, and a visit from a handsome stranger–makes Eva feel more hopeless, alone, and frightened than ever before.
The Window challenges viewers to ask themselves what they truly want to achieve in life and explores the importance of companionship in nurturing self-confidence.
Maxamoo
Despite the script’s occasionally funny quips, a likable cast, and a charming set, we were disappointed by this play. It is advertised as “a romantic thriller” and we were thus expecting a thrilling, mysterious, exciting, and romantic story. But that’s not what we got; it was actually rather banal. The play asks a whole lot of questions, but doesn’t answer them. The whole production felt underdeveloped and unnecessarily drawn out. We left the theater with a paradoxical feeling: half-wishing there had been more, while simultaneously thankful it was over.
Public Opinion
Though the theater was quite packed, the audience’s reaction to the production seemed polite and generally bland. A few appreciative snorts and laughs peppered the play’s more humorous parts, but ultimately it didn’t generate much pre- or post-show buzz.
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Critics Reviews
Theatre Reviews Limited
It is an intriguing work which plays well on stage but also has the uncanny ability to present itself somewhat as a television series which you want to tune into next week to see what happens to the characters.
Theatre is Easy
Mondelli’s talents shine as a writer with conversations that are candid, a bit unexpected, and carrying tensions that have been budding up since the first scene.
TICKETS
$21.00 (click here for tickets)
DATES
January 15 – 26, 2014
LOCATION
Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce Street
New York City
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RUNNING TIME
1 hour and 20 minutes, no intermission
CAST & CREW
(partial list)
Written by Marta Mondelli
Directed by Shira-Lee Shalit
Featuring Scott Freeman, Cristina Lippolis, and Marta Mondelli