Overview
- The Manhattan Theatre Club production opened January 8 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre and is scheduled to run through February 8.
- Director David Cromer leads the Steppenwolf transfer with Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood reprising their Chicago roles alongside Jennifer Engstrom, Steve Key, and Randall Arney.
- Set in a 1990s Oklahoma motel room, the play tracks a fraught relationship that descends into shared paranoia and conspiratorial delusion without resolving what is real.
- Critics widely praise Coon’s performance and the production’s intensity, with some noting a measured first act, questions about scale in the Broadway house, and debate over overall impact.
- Reviewers cite Takeshi Kata’s claustrophobic set, Heather Gilbert’s lighting, and Josh Schmidt’s sound as key to the unease, and note extensive nudity with audience phones secured in Yondr pouches.