Economics Makes Strange Bedfellows in Cost of Living
9 / 10
Martyna Majok's 2018 Pulitzer winner, Cost of Living, has finally arrived on Broadway, and don't be fooled by the Hallmark-esque advertisements or the Enya-sounding New Age music that plays between scenes: This is a remarkable (and remarkably unsentimental) look at who we are, what we have, and what we're able to be for ourselves and others. It's the kind of play that feels too real and too quietly observed for a landscape insistent on broad emotional swings and easy politicization.
