‘Superior Donuts’ Opens with Rave Reviews

Tracy Letts’ brand new play Superior Donuts opened on Broadway last night at the Music Box, and it’s garnered nothing but positive reviews so far. The strikingly funny Superior Donuts is a direct follow-up to Letts’ last Broadway production August: Osage County, and perhaps Letts has outdone his previous work with this new endeavor. Directed by Tina Landau and featuring Michael McKean as Arthur and Jon Michael Hill as Franco, Superior Donuts is the heartwarming story of a Polish-American donut-shop owner in Chicago and a youthful black man trying to improve the store, and this is one surprising and often humorous production that stays true to Tracy Letts’ signature mysterious but funny style.

Of the casting, Letts said he chose Michael McKean as an immediate must-have for taking the lead role in the production, as, “When we were putting together ‘Donuts,’ it called for a very specific age, a very specific kind of actor, a specific skill set, some comic ability and yet a lot of heart, too. He was the first person I thought of… He’s been a total delight and a total pleasure to work with.”

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Posted in General on October 2, 2009

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