MCNEAL
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Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Opened on Broadway: September 30, 2024 Closing: November 24, 2024 Director: Bartlett Sher Writer: Ayad Akhtar Runtime: 2hr. 5min. (1 intermission) Opening Night/Current Cast: Robert Downey Jr...........Jacob McNeal Performers: Brittany Bellizare Rafi Gavron Melora Hardin Andrea Martin Ruthie Ann Miles Saisha Talwar Understudies: TBD |
Synopsis:
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.
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.