Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut in McNEAL, a new play by Ayad Akhtar and directed by Bartlett Sher. Previews begin September 5 at the Beaumont.
“When the creative team was having early discussions, we agreed that we wanted to do this play in part because it still speaks to us now. We didn’t want the production to have the strict feel of a particular period."
“Maria does not go through a significant change in identity from the beginning to the end of the play – unlike the other characters. But she’s as deeply human as they are.”
