Review: 'American Son,' with Kerry Washington, is a painfully topical, if imperfect, Broadway drama
by Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times
Nov 06, 2018
4 minutes
NEW YORK - The setting is uncertain in the opening moments of "American Son," an acutely topical new Broadway drama by Christopher Demos-Brown. But it is clear from the intense performance by Kerry Washington that Kendra, a woman waiting alone, is rifling through worst-case scenarios as she sits in a room accustomed to writhing strangers.
The windows open out onto a rainy night in Miami, but an even bigger storm is brewing inside. Whatever you might surmise about the locale, the look in Washington's eyes leaves little doubt that lives are irrevocably broken here.
Kendra's frantic phone calls clarify that
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