The Minutes - 2022 Broadway History , Info & More
Studio 54 (Broadway)
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In this brand new comedy from Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts, nothing is safe at during the town council meeting, not the town's history, the legend of a local hero, and not even the coveted privilege of reserved parking.
This razor-sharp story turns from hilarious to chilling as petty policy gives way to the truth bubbling just beneath the surface of the town's historical mythology.
The Minutes - 2022 - Broadway Cast
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The Minutes review – Tracy Letts delivers a biting American allegory
8 / 10
The arguments that Letts rehearses here might have felt fresher had the play opened in 2020 as planned. But the desire to turn over Plymouth Rock, exposing Manifest Destiny as justification for genocide, and the equally fierce desire to cling to these myths - seen in the bad faith attacks on critical race theory, the frantic attempts at book banning - have since become everyday news. It's an argument that a left-leaning Broadway audience will find sympathetic, particularly when delivered in the easeful environment of an expensive theater by a cast that's mostly white and mostly male.
THE MINUTES: SO MUCH PROMISE, SO LITTLE PAYOFF
3 / 10
Ultimately, Letts is making a statement about whitewashing American history, but he hauls out an entirely new character-the heretofore absent but much-discussed Mr. Carp (Linda Vista's Ian Barford)-to do it, yielding less a moment of enlightenment and more of a screed. As for the mystifying ritualistic ending...perhaps Oldfield says it best. 'Now friends, I fully expect you're going to throw me on the floor and kick me in the face,' he says, 'but I assure you I have no idea what is happening.' The feeling, regrettably, is mutual.
The Minutes History
Other Productions of The Minutes
| 2017 | Chicago |
World Premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Chicago |
| 2022 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
The Minutes - 2022 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Play | The Minutes |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Anna D. Shapiro |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Austin Pendleton |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Brian MacDevitt |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | The Minutes |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | David Zinn |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) | André Pluess |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Play | The Minutes |
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