'The Comeuppance' Review: a Bigger, Chillier Big Chill
In his haunting new play, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins updates the reunion genre with too much jungle juice and an otherworldly visitor.
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In his haunting new play, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins updates the reunion genre with too much jungle juice and an otherworldly visitor.
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins knows why no one ever really recovers from high school
|Branden Jacobs-Jenkins debuts his latest drama at Signature Theatre. ||Off-Broadway|Bobby Moreno,Branden Jacobs-Jenkins,Brittany Bradford,Caleb Eberhardt,Eric Ting,Shannon Tyo,Susannah Flood,The Comeuppance
Read our review of The Comeuppance at New York Theatre Guide
I have never felt the slightest inclination to go to a high school reunion, but apparently many people do in America, and thus a subgenre of film and theater has been created. The premise is that no matter how miserable high school was or how bad your relationships were, you will return to spend a few intoxicated hours with those special people from long ago. Branden Jacobs-Jenkinss riff on this genre, The Comeuppance at Signature Theatre, showcases his ease with dialogue as he keeps the action going in a continuous gabfest, seamlessly and artfully directed by Eric Ting, at the pre-party...