{"id":11476,"date":"2020-10-29T09:32:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T16:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/?p=11476"},"modified":"2020-11-03T11:21:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T19:21:18","slug":"david-mamets-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/2020\/10\/29\/david-mamets-race\/","title":{"rendered":"David Mamet’s “Race”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week’s reading in Broadway’s Best Shows <em>Spotlight on Plays<\/em> series is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.todaytix.com\/x\/nyc\/shows\/22425-Race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Mamet’s <em>Race<\/em><\/a>. David Alan Grier, Ed O\u2019Neill, Richard Thomas and Alicia Stith are the performers. Both Grier and Thomas are recreating the roles they played during <em>Race<\/em>‘s Broadway run in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Mamet’s play, Thomas has been accused of raping a Black woman. It is up to his three lawyers to defend their wealthy client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this reading, Ed O’Neill takes on the role originally played on Broadway by James Spader. Stith takes on the role originally played by Kerry Washington. Both Spader and Washington made their Broadway debuts in <em>Race<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The play, which runs 1 hour and 40 minutes, played 297 performances on Broadway after 23 previews. Mamet directed <em>Race<\/em>. Phylicia Rashad directs this reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/07\/theater\/reviews\/07race.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ben Brantley<\/a>, writing in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New York Times<\/span>, gave the play a mixed review. Nonetheless, he did say, “Though the first act of <em>Race<\/em> is similarly propelled by barbed one-liners, its second act offers reassuring evidence of Mr. Mamet\u2019s scalpel-edged intelligence. And the issues it raises, particularly on the ethnic varieties of shame and the universal nature of guilt, should offer ample nutrition for many a post-theater dinner conversation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Race<\/em> will become available at 8:00 PM EDT\/5:00 PM PDT on October 29th and remain available through November 2nd at 8:00 PM EST\/5:00 PM EST. Tickets are $5 and available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.todaytix.com\/x\/nyc\/shows\/22425-Race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TodayTix<\/a>. Proceeds from tickets sales will be donated to The Actors Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: Playwright David Mamet (Courtesy MasterClass.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadway’s Best Shows<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOctober 29th – November 2nd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,2569,10],"tags":[6837,5168,2170,3020,6836,6838,6839,449,6835,385,5161,225,6587],"class_list":{"0":"post-11476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-streaming","9":"category-the-plays-the-thing","10":"tag-alicia-stith","11":"tag-broadways-best-shows-2","12":"tag-david-alan-grier","13":"tag-david-mamet","14":"tag-ed-oneill","15":"tag-james-spader","16":"tag-kerry-washington","17":"tag-phylicia-rashad","18":"tag-race","19":"tag-richard-thomas","20":"tag-spotlight-on-plays","21":"tag-the-actors-fund","22":"tag-todaytix"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - 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