Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen to transfer to New York
Martin McDonagh’s Olivier Award-winning play Hangmen will transfer to Broadway under the auspices of the Atlantic Theatre Company.
Martin McDonagh’s Olivier Award-winning play Hangmen will transfer to Broadway under the auspices of the Atlantic Theatre Company.
The best scenes were the group set pieces – the enthusiastic party to celebrate Semyon’s planned suicide and the reveal around the coffin when the truth comes home to roost. The cast were all in tune with each other, delightfully interacting in a silly way while keeping true to their particular character’s interior motivations and drives.
Although there are a lot of genuine laughs, many at the expense of theatre critics (subject matter that keeps on giving), this is not a comedy. It is squid ink dark, intense, uncomfortable theatre. And it belongs to Reed Birney, who is magnificent as Ella’s ghastly, vicious father, David, a huge beast of a role, as great as any of the major father characters in Williams, O’Neill or Albee.