A Broadway Bow at 91 With Work That’s Been Ready for Decades
The surrealistic nature of much of Adrienne Kennedy’s writing, plus her race and gender, may have factored into the long wait, but it hasn’t softened the punch of her ‘Ohio State Murders.’

Adrienne Kennedy has been earning acclaim for her plays for nearly 60 years, but it’s taken until now to get one of them to Broadway. While race and gender may have been factors — Ms. Kennedy, now 91, is a Black woman — so, surely, is the surrealistic nature of much of her writing, dating back to her breakthrough, “Funnyhouse of A Negro.”
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