Few things are more agonizing than the lethargy of progress. Shaina Taub's musical Suffs theatricalizes just the last seven years of the fight for the 19th Amendment, and even without the context of the 65 years of fighting that came before the show's hero Alice Paul took up the suffrage mantle, audiences can feel the arguments for keeping a cool head wear thin. Director Leigh Silverman has lived with this story and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AM on May 24, 2024