Appropriate
2 hours and 30 minutes, including one intermission
Appropriate - 2023 Broadway History , Info & More
Belasco Theatre (Broadway)
111 West 44th St. New York, NY
Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (An Octoroon) and Drama Desk Award winner Lila Neugebauer (The Waverly Gallery, 2ST’s Mary Page Marlowe) invite you to one helluva reunion in the darkly comic American family drama, APPROPRIATE.
It’s summer, the cicadas are singing, and the Lafayette family has returned to their late patriarch’s Arkansas home to deal with the remains of his estate. Toni (Paulson), the eldest daughter, hopes they’ll spend the weekend remembering and reconnecting over their beloved father. Bo, her brother, wants to recoup some of the funds he spent caring for Dad at the end of his life. But things take a turn when their estranged brother, Franz, appears late one night, and mysterious objects are discovered among the clutter. Suddenly, long-hidden secrets and buried resentments can’t be contained, and the family is forced to face the ghosts of their past.
Appropriate - 2023 - Broadway Cast
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‘Appropriate’ Broadway Review: Sarah Paulson and Elle Fanning Fuel a Spectacular Family Smash-Up
10 / 10
Paulson’s performance begins loud and bitter, but ends soft and wounded. Neugebauer’s direction delivers the absolute reversal of that progression with Corey Stoll’s portrayal of the “successful” beta brother from New York City, Bo. Stoll remains quiet and extraordinarily reasonable, even when Toni takes the bait of his wife to deliver a slur on her Jewish heritage. And even when Rachel is freaking out over her two children (Alyssa Emily Marvin and Everett Sobers) having seen some racist artifacts in the vast mess that is her dead father-in-law’s house, Stoll’s Bo remains the still eye of the family storm swirling around all of them – until near the end. His late-in-the-play explosion, which is much louder than anything detonated by Paulson, provides the play’s comic high point.
Review: ‘Appropriate’ Is a Family Album of White Supremacy
9 / 10
Clearly relishing their juicy roles, the dream cast has been impeccably directed by Lila Neugebauer, who burnishes the comedy and cruelty to a bright sheen. Her production would not cohere and hurtle as it does without its superbly unified design. The collective dots creates the perfect spacious, seen-better-days living room with genteel touches from the past. A pastoral mock-fresco adorns one wall, a vintage chandelier dangles from above and allows lighting designer Jane Cox the chance to cast its spidery shadow by the staircase. Cox lights nighttime scenes with intricate, textured dimness, pierced by the occasional smartphone or candle. The extraordinary soundscape by Bray Poor and Will Pickens amplifies and distorts a cacophony of cicadas between scenes, like voices of the dead clamoring for justice, punctuated by Cox’s brutal, horror-movie blackouts.
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Price: $45
Where: Belasco Theatre box office
When: When the box office opens on the day of the performance.
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Information: Subject to daily availability. The box office opens Tuesday through Saturday at 10 AM ET and Sunday at 12 PM ET.
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Appropriate History
Other Productions of Appropriate
| 2014 | Off-Broadway |
Signature Theatre Company Production Off-Broadway |
| 2023 | Broadway |
Second Stage Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Appropriate - 2023 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Lila Neugebauer |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Michael Esper |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Sarah Paulson |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Jane Cox |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Appropriate |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | dots |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Bray Poor |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance | Sarah Paulson |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance | Corey Stoll |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Lila Neugebauer |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Appropriate |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Lila Neugebauer |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play | Sarah Paulson |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Appropriate |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | dots |
| 2024 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Dede Ayite |
| 2024 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Lila Neugebauer |
| 2024 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jane Cox |
| 2024 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Corey Stoll |
| 2024 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Sarah Paulson |
| 2024 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Appropriate |
| 2024 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | dots |
| 2024 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Bray Poor |
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