The Tarell Alvin McCraney era begins at the Geffen with powerful 'The Brothers Size'

At Geffen Playhouse, Biljan Sheibani directs a crackling revival of 'The Brothers Size,' part of Tarell Alvin McCraney's acclaimed trilogy 'The Brother/Sister Plays.'

Playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney was appointed artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse last year, but the McCraney era really began on Thursday night with the opening of a muscular revival of “The Brothers Size” at the Geffen Playhouse’s intimate Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater. The play, part of the acclaimed trilogy “The Brother/Sister Plays,” launched McCraney’s meteoric rise in the American theater.

Elegba, jealous of the brothers’ bond, wants to liberate the erotic life of his former fellow inmate and bestows on him a gift that is simultaneously a ticket to independence and a trap. Oshoosi must choose between different forms of freedom and different kinds of imprisonment.

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