Monsoon Christmas

MONSOON CHRISTMAS COMING TO BROADWAY 2025 / 2026

MONSOON

CHRISTMAS

The explosive, original play by Victoria Hartman & PJ Mainello

Coming to Broadway

“BRILLIANT…Exquisitely Crafted” – Hollywood Reporter

“SCORCHING…POWERFUL” – Los Angeles Times

“ STUNNING ”— LA Weekly

“RIVETING” — Los Angeles Daily News

“4 NAACP Awards!” —Variety

“Top NAACP Award Nominee — 8 Nominations!” —Variety

Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice List For 7 months

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“Powerful ….Impeccably crafted and searing work” --Los Angeles Times. “Gripping!” --- LA Daily News. “Tight, lean….exquisitely crafted “--Hollywood Reporter. “Rarest of exposures – American racism as an unconscious reflex” –LA Weekly. “Evil is working its subtle magic with the drip, drip of the downpour” --Drama-Logue. “Director Hartman knows exactly what she’s doing”—Los Angeles Times.” Read More

Based on true events MONSOON CHRISTMAS etches in flesh and blood a gripping tale of festering racial tension on a remote military base in the rain-swept jungles of Okinawa at the close of the Vietnam War.

TELEVISION ACTORS – ROGER MOSLEY (Magnum P.I.) — TOMMY FORD (Martin / New York Undercover)

Throughout the course of many productions MONSOON CHRISTMAS starred two popular TV actors — ROGER MOSLEY who played Tom Selleck’s sidekick, ‘TC,’ in the long-running CBS series MAGNUM P.I. and TOMMY FORD who played ‘Tommy’ in the wildly successful FOX series MARTIN ; Ford later starred as Lt. Malcolm Barker in NEW YORK UNDERCOVER.

FORD also won the NAACP BEST ACTOR AWARD for his powerful portrayal of a troubled, former Black Panther in the Los Angeles production of MONSOON CHRISTMAS.

ACCOLADES

TEN AWARDS – NAACP, LA Weekly, Drama-Logue

Seven Critic’s Choice Reviews

Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice List — seven months

10 Feature Articles in Major Print Markets

TELEVISION – Delta Dialogue Talk Show, Greenville, Mississippi, Channel 6

7 Radio Talk Shows – Los Angeles, Mississippi, Florida

BACKGROUND

Throughout its production history MONSOON CHRISTMAS has received a total of TEN AWARDS (NAACP, LA Weekly, Drama-Logue) and SEVEN CRITIC’S CHOICE REVIEWS (Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, L.A. Herald Examiner, L.A. Daily News, Drama-Logue, South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Palm Beach Daily News).

The play also garnered TEN FEATURE ARTICLES in the following major print markets: Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Palm Beach Post Times, Kravis Ovations and a four page cover story in Palm Beach Magazine.

TV STARS ROGER MOSLEY (Magnum P.I.) & TOMMY FORD (Martin / New York Undercover) Throughout the course of many productions MONSOON CHRISTMAS featured two highly popular TV actors — ROGER MOSLEY who played Tom Selleck’s sidekick, ‘TC,’ in the long-running CBS series MAGNUM P.I. and TOMMY FORD who played ‘Tommy’ in the wildly successful FOX series MARTIN; FORD later starred as Lt. Malcolm Barker in NEW YORK UNDERCOVER. FORD also won the NAACP BEST ACTOR AWARD for his searing portrayal of a troubled corporal & former Black Panther in the Los Angeles production of MONSOON CHRISTMAS.

ACCOLADES

TEN AWARDS

SEVEN CRITIC’S CHOICE REVIEWS

**On Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice List for seven months**

TEN FEATURE ARTICLES IN MAJOR PRINT MARKETS

TELEVISION – Delta Dialogue Talk Show, Greenville, MS

RADIO Talk Shows — Los Angeles, Mississippi, South Florida

MONSOON CHRISTMAS COMING TO BROADWAY 2025 / 2026

By Victoria Hartman & Patrick Mainello

“EXPLOSIVE” – LA Herald Examiner

“BRILLIANT –Hollywood Reporter

“ SCORCHING…. POWERFUL” –- Los Angeles Times\

WINNER OF 4 NAACP AWARDS

Coming to Broadway

Based on true events Monsoon Christmas etches in flesh and blood a tale of festering racial tension on a remote military base in the rain swept jungles of Northern Okinawa at the close of the Vietnam War.

Over the course of many productions the play starred two TV actors – Roger E. Mosley who played ‘T.C.’ in the CBS hit series Magnum P.I. and Tommy Ford who played the wildly popular character ‘Tommy Strawn’ in Martin — one of Fox’s highest rated sitcoms.

Monsoon won four NAACP Awards and eight NAACP nominations. It received seven critic’s choice reviews in major print markets between coasts and appeared on the Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice list for a record-breaking seven months.

Monsoon Christmas was selected from fifty plays by South Florida’s Kravis Center for the Performing Arts for an AEA Kravis production starring Roger Mosley. The show, produced and directed by Hartman, received two critic’s choice reviews, six feature articles and was noted by the Miami Herald to “signal an important step in Southeastern regional theatre development.”

Called “scorching, impeccably crafted and searing work ” by the Los Angeles Times — Monsoon Christmas tells a gripping tale of festering racial tension on a remote military base in the rain swept jungles of Northern Okinawa at the close of the Vietnam War.

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