Review: Topdog/Underdog Can’t Be Beat!

Photo: Marc J. Franklin                                                                                      

By Brian Scott Lipton

Are we truly the products of free will? Or are our lives predestined – by societal expectations, by the tragedies of our adolescence, even by the names given to us by our parents? These questions – and more – swirl through our mind during Kenny Leon’s mesmerizing and exquisitely acted revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Topdog/Underdog,” now at Broadway’s John Golden Theatre. Continue reading...