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Theatrely's Broadway review of The Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in New York City.
David Lindsay-Abaire's new comedy is the only original play debuting on Broadway this Tony season.
The world premiere of The Balusters, a new play by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, is now open at the Samuel J. Friedman …
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David Lindsay-Abaire’s The Balusters, now at Manhattan Theatre Club, arrives with the biting precision of Clybourne Park and the uneasy political sting of The Minutes—but with a sharper,…
Rabbit Hole writer David Lindsay-Abaire takes on a list of modern American conflicts in a fun, if ultimately underdeveloped, comedy drama.
The Vernon Point Neighborhood Association is a passionate bunch, whether squabbling over historically inaccurate porch railings or debating trash can protocol. Still, no one is prepared for …
The home in which the play takes place belongs to Kyra Marshall (Anika Noni Rose), a newcomer to the neighborhood who has already become a board ...
'The Balusters' Broadway Review: Anika Noni Rose, Richard Thomas Star in Brilliant and Brutally Funny Look at a Dysfunctional Neighborhood Association.
The reviews are rolling in for David Lindsay-Abaire's The Balusters, which officially opened its Broadway world premiere via Manhattan Theatre ...
Lindsay-Abaire’s new play The Balusters makes a highly entertaining if specious argument for the eventual triumph—bad-faith cultural backlash be damned—of social justice in left-leanin…
It’s cleverly devised, although for a play about the corrupting influence of obsessing over peace and quiet it’s more than a tad pat. Though Lindsay-Abaire lingers on the idea that every…
The Balusters is hilarious, skewering not only neighborhood associations but also identity politics while maintaining compassion for all its characters. Too bad real HOA meetings can’t be …
We’re in a moment in the American theater when, after years of caution, writers finally are beginning to find the courage to expose the hypocrisy of our newly sensitive language, tiptoeing…
The critics are weighing-in on the world premiere of The Balusters, a new play by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. Read th…
Theatrely's Broadway review of The Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in New York City.
David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy about a wealthy homeowners association thrown into disarray makes a case for the same social compact it skewers.
'The Balusters' Broadway Review: Richard Thomas And Anika Noni Rose Battle Thy Neighbor In David Lindsay-Abaire Comedy. By Greg Evans ...
Anika Noni Rose, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, and more star in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of David Lindsay-Abaire's play.
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"The Ballusters" provides more gut-busting laughter than any show this season
Balusters are the decorative posts that support a porch railing – without them, the whole structure collapses. In David Lindsay-Abaire’s wickedly sharp “The Balusters,” now at Manhat…
★★★★☆ Kenny Leon directs David Lindsay-Abaire’s new comedy about a neighborhood association gone wrong
The post The Balusters: Love Thy Rule-Following, Historically Appropriate N…
Samuel J Friedman Theatre, New YorkRabbit Hole writer David Lindsay-Abaire takes on a list of modern American conflicts in a fun, if ultimately underdeveloped, comedy dramaPlaywright David L…
It’s easy to get depressed about national politics. The people running things are nasty, brutish and eager to appeal to baser instincts rather than better angels. As “The Balusters,” t…
