‘Leopoldstadt’ Broadway Review: Tom Stoppard Remembers the Holocaust in Vivid Detail
Krumholtz and Uranowitz succeed in making Herman and Ludwig’s debate in Act 1 absolutely riveting. Stoppard, however, has written Jacob as a one-person screed, and Numrich’s over-the-top “Give me a Tony Award nomination” performance nearly sabotages the act. No help are Jacob’s relatives of his generation whom Stoppard has conceived as Jazz Age heathens whose biggest concerns are what America will come up with next after giving them that wonderful dance called the Charleston. Patrick Marber’s direction, so nuanced in Act 1, suddenly turns blunt. But then, so does Stoppard’s writing.
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