Appropriate
It is easily the most electrifying Broadway play of 2023
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Why see Appropriate?
Family dysfunction
Nominated for eight Tony Awards, winner of Best Play Revival and Best Leading Actress in a Play!
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' acclaimed comedic drama and play gets its Broadway debut this year, starring Emmy and Tony-winning actor Sarah Paulson. The run comes after a highly successful 2013 off-Broadway production as well as stints in London, Los Angeles and Louisville. Following a dysfunctional family picking up the pieces of their recently-passed father's estate in Arkansas, uncovering the past brings up age-old resentment which they'll have to work through.
Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Jacobs-Jenkins is one of the country's most talented young writers, garnering huge praise for his works An Octoroon and The Comeuppance. Whilst best known around the world for her appearances in TV and Hollywood movies such as 12 Years A Slave and American Horror Story, Paulson is no stranger to the stage, having appeared in Killer Joe by Tracy Letts and the Broadway run of Donald Margulies' Collected Stories.
Key Information
Run Time
Two hours and 30 minutes with one interval
Dates
Finished Mar 3
Cast
- Sarah Paulson as Toni (Tony winner!)
- Ella Beatty as River
- Lincoln Cohen and Everett Sobers alternating as Ainsley
- Michael Esper as Franz
- Natalie Gold as Rachael
- Alyssa Emily Marvin as Cassidy
- Corey Stoll as Bo
Creative
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Scenic design by dots
Costume design by Dede Ayite
Lighting design by Jane Cox
Sound design by Will Pickens and Bray Poor
Fight direction by UnkleDave's Fight House
Vocal coaching by Kate Wilson
Stage managing by Barclay Stiff and Kelly Levy
Casting by Jim Carnahan and Alexandre Bleau
Awards
2024 Tony Awards
- Best Revival of a Play
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play - Sarah Paulson
- Best Lighting Design of a Play
Nominations
- Best Revival of a Play
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play - Sarah Paulson
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play - Corey Stoll
- Best Direction of a Play
- Best Scenic Design of a Play
- Best Costume Design of a Play
- Best Lighting Design of a Play
- Best Sound Design of a Play
Reviews
Critic's review
Director Neugebauer has elicited brilliant performances from Paulson, Stoll and Gold, who turn angry tirades into comic arias
New York Stage Review
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