Appropriate Critics’ Reviews
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' darkly comic American family drama arrives on Broadway, directed by Lila Neugebauer.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' darkly comic American family drama arrives on Broadway, directed by Lila Neugebauer.
It’s summer, the cicadas are singing, and the Lafayette family has returned to their late patriarch’s Arkansas home to deal with the remains of his estate. Toni (Paulson), the eldest daughter, hopes they’ll spend the weekend remembering and reconnecting over their beloved father. Bo (Stoll), her brother, wants to recoup some of the funds he spent caring for Dad at the end of his life. But things take a turn when their estranged brother, Franz, appears late one night, and mysterious objects are discovered among the clutter. Suddenly, long-hidden secrets and buried resentments can’t be contained, and the family is forced to face the ghosts of their past.
"Appropriate, which first bowed off Broadway in 2014, has all the hallmarks of a great American drama — and then some."
New York Theatre Guide
Allison Considine
"A searing narrative about family ties, past hurts and unbridled pain. It’s a shocking play centering on legacy, race and the fragility of memory."
Variety
Aramide Tinubu