Reviews: What Do the Critics Think of Proof on Broadway?
The critiques are rolling in for the Broadway revival of David Auburn’s Tony- and Pulitzer-winning proof, which formally opened at the Booth Theater April 16 after starting previews March 31. Directed by Tony winner Thomas Kail (hamilton), and produced by Mike Bosner and Kail, the revival is taking part in a strictly restricted 16-week engagement.
The Pulitzer-winning play is led by Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) as Catherine and Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda) as Robert, with Jin Ha (Pachinko) as Hal and two-time Tony winner Kara Young (Purpose) as Claire.
proof tells the story of the daughter of a not too long ago deceased mathematician who should struggle to show the authorship of a landmark proof that’s found amongst her father’s papers, whereas additionally coping with her father’s legacy of genius and psychological sickness.
Read the critiques under.
1 Minute Critic (Matthew Wexler)
The Chicago Tribune (Chris Jones)*
Entertainment Weekly (Emlyn Travis)
Lighting and Sound America (David Barbour)
New York Magazine/Vulture (Sara Holdren)*
New York Post (Johnny Oleksinski)
New York Stage Review (Steven Suskin, Rome Tower)
New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)
New York Theater Guide (Joe Dziemianowicz)
The New York Times (Helen Shaw)*
The Wall Street Journal (Charles Isherwood)*
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Playbill will proceed to replace this record as critiques are available.
proof premiered Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theater Club in 2000, promoting out its preliminary run earlier than transferring to Broadway, the place it gained three Tony Awards, together with Best Play. proof closed January 5, 2003, after 917 performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre, setting the venue document for a play. In 2001, proof obtained the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 2005, proof It was tailored right into a characteristic movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Kail’s artistic workforce contains composer Kris Bowers, scenic designer Teresa L. Williams, costume designer Dede Ayite, lighting designer Amanda Zieve, sound designers Justin Ellington and Connor Wang, hair and wig designer Mia Neal, casting director Daniel Swee, and manufacturing stage supervisor Sara Gammage. Baseline Theatrical serves as common supervisor for the manufacturing.
