Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson bond behind bars
Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody is notching another star turn as a real-life survivor in his Broadway debut. As Nick Yarris, a Pennsylvania man who wrongfully spent 22 years on death row and narrowly got out with his life, Brody’s unvarnished, sad-eyed charisma is effective in Lindsey Ferrentino’s The Fear of 13, a story where the stakes couldn’t be higher.
But is it an emotional nail-biter on stage? Not so much. As written, Nick’s saga is earnest but dramatically static, and it’s difficult to point to a moment that lets Brody truly stand out.
Keep Reading
Pope/Bettany Elevate ‘The Collaboration’ Into Art Worth Contemplating
One of them paved a path of his own ascending to artistic godhood by glorifying the mundane; the other painted SAMO (meaning the Same Old Sh*t) criticizing the very idea of repetition. One of them broke down the wall between art and business; for the other, walls didn’t mean a thing. One saw beauty, immortality, […]
Read More
Complex Men and Caricatures of Women Are Caught ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’
Walter “Pops” Washington, as he self-describes in Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer-winning play Between Riverside and Crazy, is “a flesh and blood, pee standing up, registered Republican.” He is also a litigious former cop caught within the crossroads of bureaucracy, racism, life as a widower, and a fast-gentrifying Riverside Drive. He also happens to be Black. […]
Read More