Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men Starts Performances Off-Broadway
by Broadway.com Staff • Nov 7, 2014
Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men begins previews off-Broadway on November 7. The New York premiere, directed by the author, will play at the Public’s Martinson Theater through December 7 and officially opens on November 17.
Straight White Men is Lee’s traditionally structured take on the classic American father-son drama. When Ed and his three adult sons come together to celebrate Christmas, they enjoy cheerful trash-talking, pranks, and takeout Chinese. Then they confront a problem that even being a happy family can’t solve: when identity matters, and privilege is problematic, what is the value of being a straight white man?
The cast includes Austin Pendelton, Pete Simpson, James Stanley and Gary Wilmes.
