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A stage adaptation, at BAM, crams Hanya Yanagihara’s sprawling novel into a single evening—not without some violence.
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A stage adaptation, at BAM, crams Hanya Yanagihara’s sprawling novel into a single evening—not without some violence.
Hanya Yanagihara’s best-selling novel comes to the BAM stage, and raises the question: How much suffering can the protagonist (and the audience) endure?
PATRICK MARMION: Coming in the middle of our national mourning, the press night of the revival of this satirical comedy began with a painfully awkward apology.
Family celebrations go pear-shaped in Dipo Baruwa-Etti’s mischievous new play; Richard Eyre’s writing debut falls mysteriously flat; and Gabriel Byrne brilliantly channels his early Dublin years
Towering performance in hypnotic production that explores hesitant love between father and son