Leopoldstadt
Written by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Patrick Barber
Longacre Theatre
January 4, 2023
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ππππ out of 5.
This was one tough tough chew.Β This was one play that I wished I could have read or, ideally, seen twice.Β There were just so many story lines; so many years covered; so many characters, with such rich; so many mathematic illusions, Zionist history, and commentary on modern art , AND poetic language that I was treading water trying to gather as much as I could. Β Leopoldstadt is a late career masterpiece likely Tom Stoppardβs plays as he is well in his 80βs ,and he spends so much time in making his plays.Β But this is one great exit play!Β The play is much like a kaleidoscope – taking us through a boisterous Christmas party in 1899, a Passover in 1990, and a farcical circumcision in 1924. Β