McNeal, the new play by Ayad Akhtar, is now open on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. Under the direction of Bartlett Sher and starring Academy Award-winner Robert Downey Jr., the production has started its strictly limited engagement which will run until Sunday, November 24.
Good writers borrow, great writers steal. Jacob McNeal (Robert Downey Jr.) is a great writer, one of our greatest, a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. But McNeal also has an estranged son, a new novel, old axes to grind and an unhealthy fascination with Artificial Intelligence. Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar’s new play is a startling and wickedly smart examination of the inescapable humanity – and increasing inhumanity – of the stories we tell.
Check out the new production photos below.
