Jamie Lloyd is not the first director to cast black actors as Jean Genet's murderous maids. In doing so, he directly contravenes the playwright's advice. Genet warned against flattening a slippery examination of identity into a straightforward condemnation of society's racism — and that's exactly what happens here. Lloyd's production, which stars Uzo Aduba ("Orange... Read more »
SOURCE: Variety at 06:01PM on March 13, 2016