Adrien Brody Stars in "The Fear of 13" Broadway Opening
The Broadway transfer of "The Fear of 13," a death row drama starring Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson, has opened to mixed critical reception. Reviewers praised the lead performances but often critiqued the play's writing.
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The Fear of 13 review – Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson lead sturdy, safe Broadway transfer
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 of Death of a Salesman comes at too high a ticket cost, one needs venture only a few blocks south and a half-block east to get a (slightly) more affordable version of standard-issue Broadway fare. The Fear of 13, from playwright Lindsey Ferrentino, is so earnest and accessible one could almost mistake it for ...
By Richard Lawson
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At age 21, Nick Yarris was stopped during a routine traffic stop, arrested and sentenced to die for the rape and murder of a young wife and mother. Though Yarris did not commit this crime, he would spend the next 22 years of his life in confinement awaiting an execution date. Based on the documentary […]
By Aramide Tinubu
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Tessa Thompson also stars in David Cromer’s production of the Lindsey Ferrentino play about the life and legal travails of an unjustly convicted man, based on a 2015 documentary.
By David Rooney
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Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson make affecting Broadway debuts in The Fear of 13, Lindsey Ferrentino’s based-on-a-true-story play about a falsely accused death row inmate and the woman who loves him from the other side of the bullet-proof glass. Alternately intense and tender, Brody’s Olivier-winning performance, despite some choices that can feel a bit like […]
By Greg Evans
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