Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock star in Samuel D. Hunter’s gorgeous new play.
This production, directed with superb acerbity by Joe Mantello, marks the playwright’s overdue Broadway debut, and it doesn’t disappoint. The play is a multifaceted gem, exquisitely shaped and cut, that shines out from the simplest of settings (designed by Scott Pask): a large greige recliner couch, set on a disc against a mostly black wall that doubles as a void.
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