BROADWAY REVIEW: Sara Paulson, ensemble cast is on fire in blistering family drama ‘Appropriate’
Not since Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s “August: Osage County” has Broadway seen such a blistering display of ensemble acting as there is to be found at Lila Neugebauer’s ruthless and riveting production of “Appropriate,” Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ ironically titled play about a combative, wounded and self-loathing family who rip each other into little pieces over their dead patriarch’s legacies.
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