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The New Group presents Thomas Bradshaw's off-Broadway debut.
| Preview | oct 26, 2011 |
| Opening | nov 14, 2011 |
| Closing | dec 17, 2011 |
In intersecting stories spanning two eras, a contemporary Black painter who hides his race goes to Germany for a show, only to find that the gallery owner has misinterpreted his work. And in the '80s a homeless teenager comes to New York to become an actor and is taken in by two gay men, who are themselves producing a new play. Titillating, taboo-testing and psychosexually insightful, this epic tale of ambition and self-invention bursts open the conceits of the worlds of art and theatre.
What Is Burning Like?
The different plotlines in Burning are individual but not independent, and the connections that join the characters together are revealed slowly throughout the show. Short scenes fade seamlessly into one another and as the play progresses, the characters from different plotlines start to linger, so the ...
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