ABOUT THE SHOW

RACE
Written by David Mamet
Starring Eddie Izzard (beginning 6/21), Dennis Haysbert (beginning 6/21), Afton C. Williamson, and Richard Thomas
Directed by David Mamet
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“SCALPEL-EDGED INTELLIGENCE! An examination of cultural conscience and paranoia and a topical detective story, RACE raises issues, particularly on the ethnic varieties of shame and the universal nature of guilt, that should offer ample nutrition for many a post-theater dinner conversation.”
– Ben Brantley, The New York Times


“A HIGH-VOLTAGE MELODRAMA! RACE is unafraid to raise painful questions while dispensing prickly ideas and provocative dialogue amid steady suspense. Author/director David Mamet adroitly mixes comic darts with tragic arrows, and the play is full of wry jokes, epigrammatic jolts, and acrid, even cheeky provocations.”
- John Simon, Bloomberg News

“FASCINATING AND DRAMATICALLY CHARGED! David Mamet’s provocative hot-topic new play is anything but simple. The questions it poses and answers its characters supply add up to an intriguing study of perception. .”
– Michael Kuchwara, AP

“CONTENTIOUS AND INTELLECTUALLY SALACIOUS! Deep in its gut, David Mamet’s new play argues, everything in America is still about race. RACE is a gripping new play, superbly cast and directed by the playwright in textbook, rapid-fire style.”
– Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

“MAMET remains American theatre’s most urgent five-letter word! Race is a swift, gripping 100 minute staging dealing with a heat-seeking political topic.”

- Mark Lawson, The Guardian UK

“TASTY DIALOGUE, SPIKY CONFRONTATIONS, AND MORE THAN OCCASIONALLY BITING OBSERVATIONS! Race riffs artfully on the subtleties of discrimination and guilt, resentment and shame, and its ambiguities appear designed to stir audiences into testy debates.”

– David Rooney, Variety
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From Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, comes his most explosive four-letter word yet. Race.

Race is the riveting new play by America's foremost playwright, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-the-Plows, American Buffalo, November), in which three attorneys, two black and one white, are offered a chance to defend a white man charged with a crime against a black woman.

Hailed by The New York Times as "a topical detective story filled with scalpel edged intelligence," this must-see hot-button play now welcomes two-time Emmy® Award winner EDDIE IZZARD and Golden Globe® nominee DENNIS HAYSBERT as the high profile attorneys faced with a case that is anything but black & white. Together with Emmy® Award winner RICHARD THOMAS and newcomer AFTON C. WILLIAMSON this scorching new cast will keep the heat on through August 21 only!

Tickets available by phone at 212-239-6200 or at Telecharge.com. 

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Running Time: 100 minutes, includes one 15 minute intermission

Audience:  May be inappropriate for children 12 and under.  Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
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