John C. Moore

Broadway Review: “Appropriate” at the Hayes Theater (Currently On)

According to the dictionary, there are several definitions of the word ‘appropriate,’ but there may possibly be one that could be added, that being “a brilliant play by Brandon Jacob-Jenkins.” which is now having a stunning production mounted on Broadway by Second Stage Theater. Aptly titled “Appropriate” follows the ultra-dysfunctional Lafayette clan back to their family plantation home in Southeast…

Off-Broadway Review: Tambo & Bones” at Playwrights Horizons (Closed Sunday, February 27, 2022)

February 7, 2022 | back the future, Off-Broadway > | "Tambo & Bones", Amith Chandrashaker, Brendan Dalton, Bryan Bauer, Dave Harris, Dean Linnard, Dominique Fawn Hill, John C. Moore, Justin Ellington, Mark J. Franklin, Mikhail Fiksel, Playwrights Horizons, Stephanie Osin Cohen, Taylor Reynolds, Tyler Fauntleroy, W. Tré Davis

In “Tambo & Bones,” currently running at Playwrights Horizons, playwright Dave Harris (“Summertime,” “Patricide”) gives the audience a minstrel show with three variety acts whose timeframes span more than two centuries. Endmen Tambo (W. Tré Davis) and Bones (Tyler Fauntleroy) appear as humans in olios one and two performing for white audiences, and they appear as robots, themselves, and their…