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Playwright Ayad Akhtar on Blending Literature, Technology and the Star Power of Robert Downey Jr. in McNEAL by Kathy Henderson

What do you get when you toss Hedda Gabler, King Lear, Madame Bovary and many other works of world literature into a chatbot? Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar imagines the result in his ingenious new play McNEAL. Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr. makes a magnetic Broadway debut as the title novelist, a hard-drinking narcissist who manages to alienate almost everyone he encounters while dabbling in AI techno…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AM on October 16, 2024

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