By: Samuel L. Leiter
[Note: some of what follows is adapted from my review of a 2014 production.]Â
January 10, 2024: Greeting the audience before the curtain rises on Branden Jacob-Je…
Not only is Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' "Appropriate" a classic American family drama with a new wrinkle, it is also a trenchant and scorching look at American racism which is just under the sur…
Purple Rain, Prince's smash 1984 music-packed film, is being developed for the stage by a Broadway producer, with a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and direct…
Theater Review by Stuart Miller . . . . Half a block from The Hayes Theater we could see Sarah Paulson's hostile glare radiating anger from the marquee. "I would not want to end up on her ba…
Angelina Jolie paid a visit to Appropriate on Broadway, where she posed backstage with the cast, which includes her two-time co-star Elle Fanning. Check out the exclusive photo here!
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Appropriate @ Hayes Theater, Buena Vista Social Club @ Atlantic Theater Company, La Femme Theatre Productions' Night of the I…
The MacArthur Fellow, Pulitzer finalist, teacher and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins creates work that uproariously entertains even as it shocks and discomfits. Appropriate, his Broadwa…
Broadway " Second Stage at the Hayes Theater: 240 West 44 Street. Dec. 18, 2023-March 3, 2024. Comedy-Drama. Author: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Director: Lila Neugebauer. 2 hrs, 15 min. Critic:…
Appropriate, starring Sarah Paulson, Elle Fanning, Corey Stoll, Natalie Gold, Michael Esper and Graham Campbell, opened on December 18 at Broadway's Hayes Theater. The show, directed by L…
Before The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, you can watch the episode's YouTube premiere at 5PM ET on Wednesday, December 20 Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, t…
Hit the red carpet for the Broadway opening of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins family drama
APPROPRIATE with Sarah Paulson, Elle Fanning and more!
Get tickets to APPROPRIATE: https://www.broadway.co…
The actress stars alongside Corey Stoll and Elle Fanning in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' acerbic play about three estranged siblings wrestling with dark secrets after the death of their father.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's slow-burning satire of white privilege arrives on Broadway in an impeccable production with a dream cast, led by Sarah Paulson.
