‘Hangmen’ Broadway Review: Martin McDonagh Gleefully Mocks the Habit of Murder
In the Atlantic Theater production, some of the pub’s hangers-on were played too broadly. A few of them seemed left over from McDonagh’s “Leenane” trilogy. That’s not the case on Broadway. Owen Campbell, Jeremy Crutchley, Josh Goulding, Richard Hollis, John Horton and Ryan Pope complete the near-perfect ensemble under Dunster’s direction.
“Hangmen” is this Broadway season’s best play.
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