![]() And Corey Hawkins, a Tony nominee for Six Degrees of Separation, gives a star turn that’s persuasively measured and lived-in as big brother Lincoln.īeyond their ripely symbolic, larger-than-life names, these young Black men share traumatic histories (“raggedy recollections,” as one puts it), uncertain futures, and inevitable fates. He nails the recklessness - and in the end, raw sorrow - of the brash younger brother. Director Kenny Leon has cast a pair of aces who consistently match each other across the tragicomic tone shifts.īroadway rookie Yahya Abdul-Mateen II went nude in his Emmy-winning Watchmen role, but he’s never been more emotionally naked than in his performance as Booth. Someone’s always got more of it, and that disparity breeds trouble.įor this harrowing and humorous two-hander to reach its full firepower, it takes actors equal in might. At its core – and right there in the title – the play also concerns power. The always intriguing playwright reckons with race, identity, fractured families, and the elusive chase for grace. Back on Broadway in a top-notch new production, Suzan-Lori Parks’s 2002 Pulitzer Prize winner, Topdog/Underdog, bubbles over with timeless talking points. ![]()
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