Sunday, April 19, 2026

The Fear of 13: Adrian Brody Delivers a Performance for the Ages in a Production That Demands to Be Seen by Suzanna Bowling

Ken Fallin’s captures Adrian Brody There are performances you admire—and then there are performances that leave you altered. The Fear of 13 is the latter. In a searing theatrical adaptat…

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Saturday, April 18, 2026

The Fear of 13 ***, Becky Shaw ****, You Got Older ****, and My Joy Is Heavy **** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward April 18, 2026: The fear of the number 13 is triskaidekaphobia. But you wouldn’t learn that from Lindsey Ferrentino’s play The Fear of 13 now at the James Earl Jones af…

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Friday, April 17, 2026

‘The Fear of 13’ and ‘Proof’ bring Adrian Brody, Tessa Thompson, Ayo Edebiri, and Don Cheadle to the boards. Will it bring them Tony love? by David Buchanan

Award-winning A-listers open two high-profile shows. We examine whether the Hollywood stars will be able to break through crowded Tony field.

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Off The Record: Acts of Restorative Justice by Jonathan Mandell

I attended “Off The Record” the same week as “The Fear of 13,” both of which are about the failings of the American criminal justice system. The self-described ‘”theatrical inter…

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Wake Up With BroadwayWorld April 17, 2026- THE FULL MONTY To Return to Broadway and More

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 17, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: NEW - BWW For You, Personalize…

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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Adrien Brody, Tessa Thompson Make Sensational Broadway Debuts in Real Life Story of Innocent Man Who Won’t Accept Help Even Now by Roger Friedman

It’s pretty much a throw of the dice to put on any Broadway play. But how about a new play? And one with movie stars who’ve never been on Broadway? Yikes. But two time Oscar winner Adrie…

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Photos: Step Inside Opening Night of The Fear of 13 on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The play stars two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody opposite recent Golden Globe nominee Tessa Thompson.

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Video: Adrien Brody & Tessa Thompson Celebrate THE FEAR OF 13 Opening Night

The Fear of 13, the new play by Lindsey Ferrentino and directed by David Cromer, has fearlessly, officially entered the Broadway season! The production, now running at the James Earl Jones T…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:50PM

Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson Celebrate Opening Night of The Fear of 13 on Broadway by Jonah De Forest

The Fear of 13 has opened on Broadway, telling the incredible true story of Nick Yarris, who spent more than two decades on death row for a crime he insists he did not commit. The cast is le…

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Thoughts on Broadway's Exoneration Drama The Fear of 13 by David Cote

Adrien Brody suffers (and endures) movingly

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Review Recap: ‘The Fear of 13,’ Grosses Report, Billy Crystal back on Broadway by Matt Tamanini

‘The Fear of 13’ opens to mixed reviews, Billy Crystal is back with a new show, superstars set for ‘Octet’ film Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a tran…

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Photos: Michael Urie, Lilli Cooper, and More Attend THE FEAR OF 13 Opening Night

Lindsey Ferrentino’s new play, The Fear of 13, starring two-time Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and Golden Globe Award nominee Tessa Thompson, officially opened on Broadway at the James…

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Photos: Adrien Brody, Tessa Thompson, and More the Red Carpet at Opening Night of THE FEAR OF 13

Lindsey Ferrentino’s new play, The Fear of 13, starring two-time Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and Golden Globe Award nominee Tessa Thompson, officially opened on Broadway at the James…

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Photos: The Cast of THE FEAR OF 13 Takes Opening Night Bows

Lindsey Ferrentino’s new play, The Fear of 13, starring two-time Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and Golden Globe Award nominee Tessa Thompson, officially opened on Broadway at the James…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:28AM

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld April 16, 2026- THE FEAR OF 13 Opens Starring Adrien Brody and More

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The Fear of 13 by Jacob Malizio

Nick’s got a story to tell you. About how a routine traffic stop turned into a conviction for murder. About how he spent the next 22 years on death row. About how he finally petitioned the…

SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:16AM

‘The Fear of 13’ Doesn’t Entirely Add Up by Jacob Malizio

Ferrentino’s choice to make Nick look like he might be an unreliable narrator thus becomes bizarre; it certainly works against the clearer passions of the documentary. If you don’t know …

SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AM

The Fear of 13, Adrien Brody’s Criminal Broadway Debut by Jacob Malizio

I had no such ambivalence viewing The Fear of 13, Lindsey Ferrentino’s stage adaptation, now at Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre. I knew it was bullshit within minutes of Adrien Brody…

SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AM

Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson’s Dynamic Performances Rein in a Tonally Bumpy Play by Jacob Malizio

“The Fear of 13” is deeply moving. Yet it falls short of being remarkable with uneven pacing and its ever-shifting tone. Translating a documentary into a Broadway production is no easy f…

SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AM

The Fear of 13 Doesn’t Get Far Outside of Adrien Brody’s Head by Jacob Malizio

Even in the harshest descriptions of the violence and almost unbelievably cruel twists of fate that Yarris endured (the DNA testing keeps getting accidentally mucked up), Brody lends him a v…

SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AM

Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson lead sturdy, safe Broadway transfer by Jacob Malizio

One leaves the Fear of 13 certainly horrified by the injustice done to Yarris, and moved by his journey to freedom, but it’s a fleeting feeling. Ferrentino and Brody have not burrowed deep…

SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AM

Adrien Brody goes to prison in a predictable criminal justice schlep on Broadway by Jacob Malizio

Brody comports himself well enough. He is poised and relaxed, and the delicate, damaged spirit he brings to his heartbreaking films transitions smoothly to the theater. It’s just that “T…

SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AM

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of The Fear of 13 on Broadway? by Meg Masseron, Margaret Hall

The play stars two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody opposite recent Golden Globe nominee Tessa Thompson.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Review: ‘The Fear of 13,’ With Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson, Doesn’t Add Up by Helen Shaw

Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson make confident Broadway debuts, but the uneven script makes for a narratively slippery prison drama.

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Review Roundup: THE FEAR OF 13 Starring Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson Opens On Broadway

Reviews are in for The Fear of 13, Lindsey Ferrentino’s new play now open on Broadway at the James Earl Jones Theatre. The production marks the Broadway debuts of Adrien Brody and Tessa T…

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Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson walk their opening night red carpet for THE FEAR OF 13. by Broadway.com

Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody and Emmy winner Tessa Thompson celebrate their first Broadway opening with the cast of THE FEAR OF 13. The real-life Nick Yarris who Brody portrays joine…

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Adrien Brody gives Nick Yarris his flowers at THE FEAR OF 13 Broadway opening night. by Broadway.com

Adrien Brody throws Nick Yarris a bouquet of roses on opening night. It was Yarris’ real life for whom their true story is based on and is now being told on Broadway in THE FEAR OF 13. Ta…

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The Fear of 13 review – Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson lead sturdy, safe Broadway transfer by Richard Lawson

James Earl Jones theatre, New York There’s a strong emotional pull to this fact-based story of injustice, but on stage it’s all a little too polite to truly soar If the meat and potatoes…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00PM

The Fear of 13: Adrien Brody Acquits Himself as Death Row Convict by David Finkle

★★★★☆ Lindsey Ferrentino dramatizes David Sington's eye-opening documentary, David Cromer directs The post The Fear of 13: Adrien Brody Acquits Himself as Death Row Convict appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:00PM

Broadway Review: “The Fear of 13” at the James Earl Jones Theatre (Currently On)

“Time can be a blisteringly fast thing, where in the blink of an eye – ten years are gone from your life, but the next week is agony.” Nick Yarris (Adrien Brody) opens Lindsey Ferrenti…

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THE FEAR OF 13: Whose Life Is It Anyway? – Review

Theatrely's Broadway review of The Fear of 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino and starring Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson in a new production directed by David Cromer at the James Earl Jones Theatre …

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