‘The Bear’ Star Ayo Edebiri Serves Up Transfixing Broadway Debut In Mathematical Mystery Play

The cast assembled here is easily one of the best on Broadway right now. Edebiri was, frankly, the wild card, an intriguing bit of casting that nonetheless had folks wondering whether her thoughtful, interior-facing style that is so effective on television would translate onto a Broadway stage. It does. Her Catherine is less defined by the quirky, appealing eccentricities of Mary-Louise Parker’s performance in the original 2000 Broadway staging, but is girded by a certain angry resignation, fearful of what life might have in store, furious too, yet seething with a will to defy it all.