Partial Comfort presents the New York premiere of Greg Keller's comic drama exploring issues of race and economic disparity in America. Directed by Andre Holland ('Moonlight'). More…
It's summertime in New York City, 1992. In NYC's hazy pre-Giuliani, pre-cellphone, pre-Metrocard days, a black kid and a white kid meet in a chance encounter on an uptown D train, chatting hoops, hip hop, and history. Over the course of one afternoon, fear, guilt, longing and a cigar filled with weed allow one kid to take the other to a place neither ever imagined possible.
See it if You enjoy plays about big ideas. You like intense plays with a small cast.
Don't see it if You want a well-paced show. I found it both too long & too short. There's an extended intro to the main conflict, which ends shortly after.
Also There are 2 halves to the show. I preferred the 2nd part to the 1st, h... Read more Read less