‘Death of a Salesman’ revival, starring Wendell Pierce, thrills in the present but struggles with the echoes of the past
Pierce, you feel at every moment, is playing a man doing his best with the cards he was dealt…Truly, it’s a rich and moving star performance and the reason to see the show.
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This ‘1776’ Forgets the Very People It’s Claiming to Serve
The revival of 1776 – a musical about the all-male, all-white Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence – which opens tonight at the American Airlines Theatre, begins with several women, trans, and nonbinary actors of various races and body types entering the stage in modern dress and putting on historical costumes. Among them is […]
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The Gorgeous ‘Cost of Living’ Depicts Disability in Groundbreaking Ways
Last season, Martyna Majok stunned audiences with her gripping portrayal of immigrant life in Sanctuary City; now her earlier play, Cost of Living, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2018, is making its Broadway debut–as is the playwright. Last year I extolled her work as “off-Broadway at its best,” and this year I […]
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