Review: Difficult 'Blackbird' stars Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels on Broadway
8 / 10
Even with stars like Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels in the lead roles, and direction by Joe Mantello, 'Blackbird' is far from a typical Broadway drama. For some of those attracted by the bold-face names, it surely will come as a sparse shock, a tough, toxic 80-minute ride into the corporate gray of fear and regret...this drama -- which I regard as one of the best pieces of writing of the last decade -- offers the uncompromising actress Williams the rare opportunity to contort body and soul into a character...What makes Williams' performance so distinctive and, to my mind, remarkable, is the way the corruption in her character's soul seems to occupy the limbs of the actress.
