Is Broadway Ready for ‘Slave Play’?

By artappraiser on Fri, 09/20/2019 - 1:51am |

Risky? For sure. Triggering? Possibly. A must-see? Audiences are about to decide.

By Michael Paulson @ NYTimes.com/theater, Fall Preview, Sept. 11

[...] Set on the grounds of a Virginia plantation, its racially charged sex talk and simulated dominance and submission are potentially so triggering that a pre-Broadway production supplied post-show lobby counselors. An internet-based backlash, seemingly fueled by people who had not seen the play, was threatening enough to require stepped-up security, and online vitriol directed at the Broadway production prompted the show’s social media team to disable Facebook and Instagram comments [....]

URL:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/theater/slave-play-broadway-jeremy-harris.html