Topdog/Underdog | Critical Overview
Les Gutman, reviewing the original Off-Broadway production for the Internet theater magazine CurtainUp, observes that, “with Topdog/Underdog, [Suzan-Lori Parks] has taken a giant step toward fulfilling the promise with which she was labeled.” He finds the narrative “linear and quite straightforward” compared to some of Parks’s earlier plays, which have been regarded by critics and audiences alike as rather “meditative and inaccessible.” Gutman views Topdog/Underdog as the culmination of a talent that is equal to the playwright’s ambition. “Parks...
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