![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s too much of a deluxe air to this production that ultimately sinks its ambitions to be anything close to the definitive version of Parks’ writing, which remains stellar. Why does this matter? Because Topdog/Underdog is a play about barely clinging onto the end of society’s rope. And Dede Ayite’s simple costumes seem, well, too good-Abdul-Mateen’s jeans and a t-shirt seem to be fitted straight off a Yeezy runway. The sound design, by Justin Ellington, should make even the hottest clubs in Ibiza green with envy, and is far too loud. It might be that timeless dictum, delivered unto us by Freckle, that “Sometimes, things that are expensive are worse.” The room the brothers share (a “temporary” arrangement), meant to evoke the rattiness of a big city boarding house, would net at least $1.2k in the current market. ![]()
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