![]() ![]() The play feels as ripe with meaning as it must have felt some twenty years ago when it first hit the stage at the Public Theater. ![]() It’s timely and explosive, particularly today as this country walks nervously towards Election Day, uncomfortably gripped in an increasingly violent war of hate inside politics. ![]() Written most dynamically by Suzan-Lori Parks (Public’s Plays for the Plague Year White Noise), the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, unsurprisingly for this 2001 play, this vibrant exploration of sibling rivalry and resentment feels as powerful and engaging as ever. Whether it’s the red or the black card that is the winner, this spirited revival of Topdog/Underdog now playing at the Golden Theatre on Broadway is the medicine we all need to get through these difficult days ahead. The Broadway Theatre Review: Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog. ![]()
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