When a play holds your attention for three hours or more, the writer, with help from a gifted director, must be doing something right. While much of the theatergoing public thinks it’s a plus to escape a play in fewer than 90 minutes, a growing number of writers are taking the time to let their stories unfold, their characters develop. It’s almost a trend among new plays on the boards in New York City. In addition to the long-running “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” on Broadway, there’s currently Suzan-Lori Parks’s “White Noise” at the Public, Jeremy O. Harris’s “Daddy” at the Pershing Square, and Jez Butterworth’s “The Ferryman” on Broadway.
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