Buried Child, Trafalgar Studios

Posted on December 2, 2016 by

ed-harris-in-buried-child-109751-1This revival of Sam Shepard’s apocalyptic 1978 play has gained resonance since 2016’s most apocalyptic political development – namely, Donald Trump cynically harnessing Midwestern anger and disillusionment. The latter is on display in heightened, American Gothic form in this Pulitzer Prize-winning piece, teeming with tragic mysteries, family skeletons and a (literally) buried past.

Read my full BroadwayWorld review here

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