Theater review by Adam Feldman [Note: This is a review of the 2018 production of Slave Play at New York Theatre Workshop. Slave Play is an explosive, raw, and very funny piece of theater about race, sex, and power, as all are acted out on the black body and consciousness. Harris effectively taps the vein of today's white-hot, charged debates about race and sex. Though it’s mild, paradoxical and perhaps a bit prurient to say so, “Slave Play” is a happy surprise. Now, Slave Play is coming to Broadway. Sample running tracker application, created with React native, for demo purposes only. Jeremy O. Harris’ broad send-up of race and sex in America, “Slave Play,” isn’t outrageously funny. It's the play that “reimagines the possibilities of what theater can give us” (NY Times). The production was extended past its original Dec. 30 run date to Jan. 13. Rival producers say that unless there’s a boom at the box office, “Slave Play” could close before the end of its 17-week run. Interestingly, the slave ran about 4 degrees hotter than the master for the first week or so, this is now settled down, with the slave and the master typically within one degree of each other after half an hour or so running. Read news, see photos and watch videos. Slave Play rips apart history to shed new light on the nexus of race, gender, and sexuality in 21st-century America. Click here for the 2019 Broadway p After a sold-out critically acclaimed run at New York Theatre Workshop, Slave Play comes to Broadway. Run time: 2 hours with no intermission. But “Slave Play,” which is costing up to $3.9 million to capitalize, is chancy in new ways. Written by Jeremy O. Harris , “one of the most promising playwrights of his generation” ( Vogue ), this “dazzling mix of satire and psychodrama” ( The New York Times ) is directed by two-time NAACP and OBIE Award winner Robert O’Hara. But it does have its funny moments — and it certainly is outrageous… The improvement in sound quality appears to have occurred at the same time as the temperature differences settling down. At the MacGregor Plantation the Old South survives. Get tickets now for Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave Play on Broadway. Slave Play (Closed January 13, 2019) | Off-Broadway - Buy tickets and see show information. But it does have its funny moments — and it certainly is outrageous… Once upon a time, the Times could make or break a play. Harris effectively taps the vein of today's white-hot, charged debates about race and sex. A crackling mix of satire and drama written by Jeremy O. Harris, and directed by two-time NAACP and OBIE Award winner Robert O’Hara. It stunned audiences with a sold-out run at New York Theatre Workshop.