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McNEAL Reviews

Robert Downey Jr. makes his Broadway debut in a new play by Ayad Akhtar.

4.4
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"A brilliant and transfixing new play."

The Atlantic

Jeffrey Goldberg

Entertainment Weekly

"Robert Downey Jr. is a commanding presence leading a knockout cast."

Entertainment Weekly

Emlyn Travis

"Robert Downey Jr. is perfectly cast, making a fearless Broadway debut."

Deadline

Greg Evans

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Great actors but story line weak
"Every story has a beginning, middle and end. You need all three to have a great story. The ending of this play was poorly written and difficult to understand. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Oct 12, 2024

About McNEAL

Good writers borrow, great writers steal. Jacob McNeal is a great writer, one of our greatest, a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. But McNeal also has an estranged son, a new novel, old axes to grind and an unhealthy fascination with Artificial Intelligence. Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar’s new play is a startling and wickedly smart examination of the inescapable humanity – and increasing inhumanity – of the stories we tell.

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