Leaving/speaking. People/evil. Moment/torment. It's evident from the outset that with Tartuffe, his adaptation of Molière's 1664 classic, Lucas Hnath is attempting rhymed verse, as Richard Wilbur achieved in a superior translation. And it's evident that, like most Broadway lyricists these days except for a few old pros, he doesn't know how; any near-rhyme, or even not-that-near rhyme, will do. This has the unlucky e…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:13PM on December 16, 2025