‘Prayer for the French Republic’ Off Broadway Review: A Tour de Force Look at a Jewish Family in Paris
It is not tour-de-force showy like the bipolar explosion earlier in the play. This is tour-de-force writing and acting that ties up all the didactic arguments and turns them into art, as well as a wonderfully shared experience.
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‘Prayer for the French Republic’ is a Sweeping Family Drama
A multi-generation Jewish family dealing with the legacy of their business told over three hours and three acts on a turn-table set. It’s not The Lehman Trilogy (though the summary also fits), but Joshua Harmon’s latest play, Prayer for the French Republic. Harmon, known for Bad Jews, Significant Other, Admissions, and Skintight, here has hit […]
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‘MJ’ Trips Into the Bio-Musical Morass
MJ, the new Broadway musical about Michael Jackson’s life, is currently thrilling audiences at the Neil Simon Theatre for all the wrong reasons. The show follows MJ―who functions as our narrator―as he balances getting his Dangerous world tour off the ground with interruptions from a documentary filmmaker for MTV who wants an exciting scoop, and […]
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