![]() ![]() In that game lies the overarching point of Parks’ drama. Booth, meanwhile, gets by on shoplifting.īoth of the guys, who are black, are dealers of three-card monte - the street corner gamble where a mark tries to follow one red or black card as it’s rapidly moved around. He works as an Abraham Lincoln impersonator at an arcade, where people shoot at him with a fake pistol. Their dad named them as a history gag and Link has turned his moniker, in a truly messed-up way, into his profession. Corey Hawkins (left) and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II star in “Topdog/Underdog” on Broadway. Crammed into a tiny room, they spar and laugh and spar some more. “Topdog/Underdog” pops from the get-go when Lincoln (Corey Hawkins) moves into his younger brother Booth’s (Abdul-Mateen) shabby digs after getting kicked out by his wife. Still, fear always lurks in this small studio apartment.ĭirector Kenny Leon has helmed a sharp, focused revival of the 2002 drama, with a pair of cracking performances that never let up. All the while, she misdirects with warmth and distracts using humor. And we quickly gather that it won’t be very nice. ![]() ![]() The writer clues us in over and over again - sometimes subtly, sometimes like a foghorn - on how her play will end. Two hours and 20 minutes, with one intermission. ![]()
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