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“COMPELLING!
Billy Crudup is excellent."
-John Lahr, The New Yorker

"ADAM RAPP'S MOST AMBITIOUS WORK YET!
SHARPLY FUNNY, BRAVE AND WHOLLY LIKEABLE!"
-Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Post

“GRIPPING! A RIVETING PIECE OF THEATRE
that delves into our country’s passionate extremes.”
-Matt Windman, amNew York

“AN ENGROSSING NEW PLAY!
Billy Crudup delivers a wonderfully vivid, nuanced performance.”
-Dan Bacalzo, Theatermania

“‘THE METAL CHILDREN’ IS COMPELLING!
THE CAST IS SPLENDID.”
-Jeremy Gerard, Bloomberg News

"THRILLING! RAPP RETURNS WITH A VENGEANCE!
Keeps audiences guessing and enthralled. Crudup’s performance is magnetic.
‘Metal Children’ is smart, literate and adult — the perfect antidote to the Broadway season.”
-Mark Peikert, New York Press

“PROVOCATIVE AND INTRIGUING!
Mr. Crudup delivers a keenly felt, dryly funny performance.”
-Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

“MOVING! GRIPPING!
The cast is especially impressive.”
-David Sheward, Backstage

“A RIVETING RIDE! THIS STORY KICKS ASS!
Outstanding performances from a fantastic cast.
It’s smart, witty, thought-provoking and modern — YOU’LL REALLY DIG IT!”
-Molly Marinik, Theatre Is Easy

“A FUN RIDE!
An A-plus ensemble in an elegant production.”
-Elyse Sommer, CurtainUp

“RAPP’S BEST PLAY YET!
A superb cast, anchored by
a magnificent performance from Billy Crudup.”
-Edward Karam, OffOffOnline

“AN EXEMPLARY PRODUCTION!
Crudup delivers a tour-de-force performance.”
-Michael Criscuolo, NYTheatre.com

Tony Award-winner BILLY CRUDUP (THE COAST OF UTOPIA, Almost Famous, Big Fish) returns to the Vineyard Theatre stage in ADAM RAPP's powerful, drama about a gifted New York writer’s explosive encounter with a small American town hellbent on banning his young adult novel. Rapp is the acclaimed author of such works as Pulitzer Prize finalist RED LIGHT WINTER, NOCTURNE, and BLACKBIRD.
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