American Son
Written by Christopher Demos-Brown
Directed by Kenny Leon
Starring Kerry Washington and Steven Pasquale
Booth Theatre
January 3, 2019
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💉💉💉💉💉 out of 5.

This was by FAR the best play that I have seen in many months.  In only about 75 tight moments on stage this play prepares you for a kick in the gut that my entire row in the theatre AUDIBLE recoiled at the play’s conclusion.  It started with a slow wind-up as the mother (Kerry Washington) paces around the stage in complete agitated silence checking her cell phone again and again.  It seems like forever.  The lady next to me actually thought someone had forgotten to enter.  But the pain of the wait was oh so necessary. Continue reading American Son →