Broderick
Americannoun
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So it was reasonable to expect that his “Tartuffe,” at New York Theatre Workshop and featuring Matthew Broderick in the title role, might take bold and interesting liberties with Molière’s 1664 play.
In the nominally central roles of Tartuffe and Orgon, Mr. Broderick and Mr. Cross are both oddly subdued.
Attired in a black longcoat and breeches, spectacles on his nose and gray locks flowing down his neck, Mr. Broderick might almost be playing Benjamin Franklin in a revival of “1776”—and one almost wishes he were.
For while Mr. Broderick’s purring, faux-naif voice aptly captures Tartuffe’s assumed humility, his profuse professions of piety and probity are muted, making one wonder just how this meek figure could so enthrall Orgon and his mother.
The advisers are Craig Barnes, who held a senior leadership role at car parts retailer Advance Auto Parts; Michael Broderick, former chief executive at automotive service and tire retailer Monro; and Tim Turvey, former global vice president of customer care and aftersales at automobile manufacturer General Motors.
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