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‘Appropriate’ Broadway Review: Sarah Paulson Rattles The Rafters Of History In Powerhouse Production

Editor’s Note: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play Appropriate, starring Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll and Michael Esper, re-opens on Broadway tonight in a commercial transfer to the Belasco Theatre. The play, starring Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll, Michael Esper, will run through June 23. Appropriate originally opened at the nonprofit Second Stage’s Hayes Theater on December 18 and played […]

A blistering family drama directed by Lila Neugebauer (easily matching her exemplary work in 2018’s The Waverly Gallery), Appropriate is a wicked cacophony of nerve-wrenching mystery, old resentments and laugh-out-loud comedy – the latter all the more remarkable coming, as it does, within a story about the darkest horrors of America’s legacies. In a blast of noise (those cicadas again, among other sonic intrusions, courtesy of sound designers Bray Poor and Will Pickens), Jane Cox’s spooky lighting cues and the transformation of the dots’ plantation set from ramshackle to decrepit, Appropriate provides an ending that’s remarkable in its emotional force and stunning in its stagecraft. Title: Appropriate Venue: Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theater Written By: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Directed By: Lila Neugebauer Cast: Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll, Michael Esper, Natalie Gold, Elle Fanning, Graham Campbell, AlyssaEmily Marvin, Lincoln Cohen/Everett Sobers Running time: 2 hr 45 min (including intermission)

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