It is one way for a playwright to cover a lot of territory in record time. Create a character who is bipolar – or, to use an old term, “manic depressive” – and set her down with a character that has ...

That this Manhattan Theater Club production, directed by David Cromer, remains mostly riveting is the result of the richness of Harmon’s novelistic detail — and the exceptional skill of the principal ...

I first saw “Prayer for the French Republic,” Joshua Harmon’s epic exploration of the legacy, or legacies, of antisemitism, just a few weeks after the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. At the time, I marveled ...

He does not get there. “Prayer for the French Republic” is, in one sense, timely, delivering as it does pointed and direct arguments between characters who represent differing points of view on the ...

Prayer for the French Republic, written by Joshua Harmon, will run from April 16 to May 3, 2026, at the New Jewish Theatre. This poignant play presents a multi-generational narrative of a ...

Prayer for the French Republic – Photo: Ryan Maxwell READ THIS REVIEW IN THE MAGAZINE In two very different plays currently on D.C. stages, two very different families rally around a grown son who’s ...

Recent events in Gaza could lead some to view Joshua Harmon’s blistering, funny and heartbreaking Prayer for the French Republic as uncannily prophetic, but let’s not give the playwright overmuch ...

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“Prayers for the French Republic,” from the author of “Bad Jews,” follows multiple generations of a French Jewish family. (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Playwright Joshua Harmon (“Bad Jews,” ...