Rajiv Joseph's Archduke, now playing Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theater as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's season, aspires to be a dark, absurdist comedy in the vein of Tom Stoppard. What we get instead is a muddled retelling of the lead-up to World War I that neither enlightens nor entertains. Set in the Balkans […] The post Archduke Misses the Mark with Absurdist Undertones and Historical Inaccuracy firs…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM on December 7, 2025