| Race | |
|---|---|
Original Broadway poster |
|
| Written by | David Mamet |
| Date premiered | 2009 |
| Place premiered | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, NY |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Official site | |
| IBDB profile | |
Race is a play by David Mamet that premiered on Broadway on December 6, 2009.
Contents |
The cast included Emmy Award winner James Spader, David Alan Grier, Kerry Washington, and Richard Thomas. Mamet also directed. It features scenic design by Tony Award winner Santo Loquasto, lighting design by Tony Award winner Brian MacDevitt and costume design by Tom Broecker.
The production began previews on November 16, 2009, in preparation for a December 6 opening at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The producers announced on April 21, 2010 that the play had recouped its investment, making it the first new play to recoup on Broadway in the 2009-2010 season. It closed on August 21, 2010 after 297 performances.
The play has received mixed reviews.[1]
David Alan Grier was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for this production.
Race follows "three attorneys, two black and one white, offered a chance to defend a white man charged with a crime against a black woman." The plot unfolds as the three lawyers and defendant grapple with the evidence of the case and their own feelings about race. Mamet has said that the "theme is race and the lies we tell each other on the subject." [2]
|
||||||||||||||