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Assalone the germaphobe who’s probably a cat lady, Ms. Breeding Jeff Still is the chronically mispronounced Mr. Blake, who has a hilarious plan to bring money to the city the always excellent Blair Brown is the vindictive Ms. Tony-award winner Jessie Mueller is the stoic clerk K. (Nothing is scarier than the ferocious Letts calling a meeting to order.) He and nine others sit behind microphones airing petty grievances that spiral into seriousness. Letts - who’s America’s finest playwright/actor combo since Sam Shepard - appears in his play as the strict, rule-obsessed Mayor Superba. Mayor Superba (Tracy Letts, center) leads the city council meeting, alongside Mr. Nonetheless the journey there is a mighty enjoyable one, filled with crackling dialogue, strong-willed Steppenwolf Theater performances and Letts’ compelling argument: that even the most minuscule of historical accounts, like say a meeting’s minutes, are essential to understanding what happened in the past. While the conclusion admirably indicts the behavior of tony, solid-blue suburbs, it concerns an issue that America has grappled with for centuries.Īdding to the old-hat vibe, the controversial final moment (one queasy woman ran out of the theater) believes that it’s bolder and more thought-provoking than it really is. And the truth is more obvious than we had hoped. Our high wears off, however, once we get our answer near the end of the play. The long-lasting uncertainty of what genre “The Minutes” is makes Letts’ work, which opened Sunday night at Studio 54, a supremely clever piece of writing. Our theories of what’s actually going on at this city council meeting in the town of Big Cherry run the gamut: murder, aliens, cult worship, or just an old fashioned Broadway comedy. Previews began prior to the pandemic and resumed April 2.Ninety minutes with no intermission. The Minutes opened on Broadway at Studio 54 (though it is not a Roundabout Theatre Company production) April 17 and will run through July 24. The production features scenic design by David Zinn, costume design by Ana Kuzmanić, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt, sound design and original music by André Pluess, hair and wig design by Tom Watson, choreography by Ty Defoe, dramaturgy by Edward Sobel, and casting by Caparelliotis Casting. Other credits include The Book of Mormon and Superior Donuts, the latter also by Letts. Meredith was most recently seen on Broadway earlier this spring, appearing as George Antrobus in The Skin of Our Teeth at Lincoln Center Theater. The cast features Tony-winning playwright and actor Letts, Tony winners Blair Brown and Jessie Mueller, Tony nominees Ian Barford and Austin Pendleton, plus Cliff Chamberlain, Danny McCarthy, Sally Murphy, Jeff Still, and Noah Reid in his Broadway debut. The play takes place in real time at a closed-door city council meeting, peeking at all the hypocrisy, greed, and ambition that go-along with the small-town politics in the fictitious town of Big Cherry. Blake, a role he previously played in the show's 2017 premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. Meredith is taking over for the departing K. Actor James Vincent Meredith joins the cast of The Minutes beginning June 25 for the final four weeks of performances.