![]() In The New Yorker, Elizabeth Vincentelli noted the “production does well, for the most part, by the source material, even if it can be frustratingly earthbound." tells the story (and tells is the operative word)." In his review for Deadline, Greg Evans states the production "seeming more like an elaborately staged reading. "Everything is too slow, too ponderous and, in the case of all of the actors playing multiple roles, their confusing trajectories were insufficiently thought out by the director." Ĭharles Isherwood of The Wall Street Journal commented on Spangler's adaptation: “With the help of a superlative cast, led by Amir Arison, playing the central role of a character also named Amir, and lucid direction by Giles Croft, the Broadway production brings the largely gripping narrative to life, even if it cannot fully capture the textured complexity of Mr. mostly a disappointment.” Also pointing out “a strange flatness” to Spangler's adaptation. The part would be tough work for any actor Amir is onstage for the entire show, and the transitions between his middle-aged and younger selves, some three decades apart, require the kind of gymnastics that not every performer can stick.” Ĭhris Jones of The New York Daily News referred to Croft's production as being "underwhelming. He recites his opening lines with the stiffness of a child delivering a book report, and never totally eases into the role. The New York Times Maya Phillips called the production "stiff" and lead actor Amir Arison's performance "spotty": Under Giles Croft’s direction, Arison’s Broadway debut proves spotty. ![]() The Broadway production, directed by Giles Croft opened on 21 July 2022 and ran through 30 October 2022 at the Helen Hayes Theater was received with very mixed critical reviews. In 2001, Amir has settled in America when he receives a call telling him: "There is a way to be good again." He then takes a dangerous trip, on the eve of the American invasion, into Taliban-controlled Kabul. ![]() As in the book, The Kite Runner is narrated by Amir, who is obsessed with an "unatoned sin" he committed as a well-off child in 1970s Kabul: Amir betrayed his childhood friend, servant, and kite running partner Hassan when Amir's cowardice, and his desperate need to please his father, cause him to abandon Hassan in the face of a vicious and shocking attack by a neighborhood bully. The fast-paced play depicts most of what happens in the book. ![]()
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