Old Gods Try a Little Tenderness in The Brothers Size

Old Gods Try a Little Tenderness in The Brothers Size

In Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘The Brothers Size,’ first staged in 2007 and now returning with a deeply experienced team at the Shed, ancestral spirits make their presences felt through visualized poetry.

The Return of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Masterpiece, “The Brothers Size”

Helen Shaw reviews a revival of McCraney’s masterpiece at the Shed, starring André Holland, and the return of Bocanegra’s “Honor,” starring Lili Taylor.

Review | ‘The Brothers Size’ tests the ties that bind

Before Tarell Alvin McCraney co-won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for “Moonlight,” he made his mark with “The Brother/Sister Plays."

The Tortured but Unbreakable Bond Between the Siblings in ‘The Brothers Size’ Speaks to the Challenges of Kinship and Love

Exuberant, witty dance moves contribute to the musicality of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s language — some lines are even sung — and help provide welcome comic relief.

Review Roundup: THE BROTHERS SIZE Opens Off-Broadway at The Shed

Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s The Brothers Size is now playing at The Shed in a production co-directed by Bijan Sheibani and McCraney and starring André Holland, Alani iLongwe and Malcolm Mays. This new production of The Brothers Size, co-produced by The Shed and the Geffen Playhouse comes on the 20th anniversary of McCraney’s groundbreaking drama. From Tarell Alvin McCraney, the Academy Award–winning storyteller behind Moonlight, comes a modern-day …

The Brothers Size ★★★★★

Tarell Alvin McCraney is back in town, and man alive, he is both welcome and needed. The Oscar-winning screenwriter and much-lauded playwright is directing (with Bijan Sheibani) a superb revival of The Brothers Size, the second of the three works from The Brother/Sister Plays, his series of interconnected plays loosely drawn from West African myths and set in mythical San Pere, Louisiana. First performed when McCraney was in graduate school, The…