{"id":6261,"date":"2017-05-24T13:03:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T20:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/?p=6261"},"modified":"2017-10-04T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T00:09:03","slug":"curious-case-watson-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/archives\/curious-case-watson-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"null\">CoHo Season 22<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"null\">September 8 \u2013 September 30, 2017<\/h3>\n<p class=\"null\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Watson-Ticket-Web-e1501532064686.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6393 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Watson-Ticket-Web-e1501532047149-239x300.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><em>CoHo Productions presents<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"null\"><strong>The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">by Madeleine George<br \/>\nDirected by Philip Cuomo<\/p>\n<p><!-- START OF VENDINI TAG Copyright (C) 2017 Vendini, Inc. 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Mr. Watson was on the other end of the wire when Alexander Graham Bell sent the first communication by telephone. Dr. Watson accompanied each step and anticipated every need of fiction\u2019s greatest detective. Watson\u2019s the name of IBM\u2019s natural language-processing supercomputer, winner of the famous Jeopardy! match in 2011. And Josh Watson is the IT guy with a friendly fix for crashed technology and broken hearts, uncommonly trustworthy and aiming to please. All the Watsons want to give you what you need, but do you want what you need in a partner?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMARVELOUS AND FILLED WITH MARVELS. In the Stoppardian world of\u00a0<em>The Watson Intelligence<\/em>, Madeleine George\u2019s human, dramatic play takes surprising turns.\u201d \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2013\/12\/theater-review-on-three-mysterious-watsons.html#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2013\/12\/theater-review-on-three-mysterious-watsons.html#\"><em>New York Magazine<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cjuggles deep themes with grace, wit and intellectual verve\u201d \u2013\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/theater\/the-curious-case-of-the-watson-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/theater\/the-curious-case-of-the-watson-intelligence\">Time Out New York<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Madeleine George\u2019s plays, including <em>Hurricane Diane<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence <\/em>(Pulitzer Prize finalist, Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award)<em>, Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England, Precious Little<\/em>, and <em>The Zero Hour<\/em>, have been produced at theaters around the country.\u00a0 She was a founding member of the Obie-winning playwrights\u2019 collective\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/13p.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/13p.org\/\">13P (Thirteen Playwrights, Inc.)<\/a>, and is a resident playwright at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newdramatists.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/newdramatists.org\/\">New Dramatists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Madeleine is the recipient of a Whiting Award, the Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship, and two MacDowell Fellowships, and she holds commissions from the Sloan Foundation\/Manhattan Theatre Club, the Big Ten Theatre Consortium, and the Children\u2019s Theater Company in Minneapolis. 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