Risky? For sure. Triggering? Possibly. A must-see? Audiences are about to decide.

By Michael Paulson @ NYTimes.com/theater, Fall Preview, Sept. 11

[...] Set on the grounds of a Virginia plantation, its racially charged sex talk and simulated dominance and submission are potentially so triggering that a pre-Broadway production supplied post-show lobby counselors. An internet-based backlash, seemingly fueled by people who had not seen the play, was threatening enough to require stepped-up security, and online vitriol directed at the Broadway production prompted the show’s social media team to disable Facebook and Instagram comments [....]

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