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Appropriate is a dramatic play written by American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Synopsis. Appropriate follows the dysfunctional Lafayette family as they return to a decaying plantation mansion in Arkansas to battle over their recently deceased father's inheritance.
Mar 17, 2014 · Appropriate. NYT Critic’s Pick. By Ben Brantley. March 16, 2014. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins admits he is a thief. This is a refreshing and useful confession.
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- March 17, 2014
Dec 18, 2023 · Jacobs-Jenkins, who often speaks of his fascination with the 19th-century melodramatist Dion Boucicault (and whose stupendous adaptation of Boucicault’s The Octoroon won him the 2014 Obie,...
- Sara Holdren
- Theater Critic
Dec 20, 2023 · The Theatre. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, on Broadway at Last. Starring a Peak TV supercast, the playwright’s “Appropriate” investigates a dysfunctional Southern family’s buried secrets. By...
Dec 12, 2023 · Dec. 12, 2023. As with so many family reunion plays, the squabbling Lafayette siblings in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Appropriate” dislodge their share of skeletons from the closets of...
- Eric Grode
Oct 6, 2015 · “Appropriate,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ highly charged and ambitiously sprawling drama that opened on Sunday at the Mark Taper Forum, adheres to this basic model. A sad and angry white...
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Dec 19, 2023 · Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Appropriate,” now playing on Broadway, is a searing narrative about family ties, past hurts and unbridled pain. It’s a shocking play centering on legacy, race and...
