He goes to work daily and unapologetically, to a sit-down job with benefits that fit as uncomfortably as that outfit he is made it wear. He is newly discarded, separated from the wife we only hear about in a sideways kind of way. Parks’ Lincoln, the older of the two, finds himself colliding with and crashing on his younger brother’s recliner, in need but without a lot of faith in the future. It’s a conflict in the making, unraveling a replay for us all to see, in close quarters without any support from the outside world. Their names send forth a message, both captivating and telling, that plays out a history intensely before our very eyes. Filled with energy and insight, the Broadway revival, directed with a serious intent by Kenny Leon (Broadway’s American Son), unleashes the difficult troubling existence of two brothers, fascinatingly (and cruelly) named Lincoln, solidly portrayed by Corey Hawkins (Broadway’s Six Degrees of Separation) and Booth, captivating played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (HBO’s “ Watchmen“ “ The Greatest Showman“). The play feels as ripe with meaning as it must have felt some twenty years ago when it first hit the stage at the Public Theater. Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog.
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