Appropriate

In Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's trenchant 2014 dark comedy, scattered members of an estranged Arkansas family return to their late patriarch's crumbling manse to sort through the ugly detritus of multiple generations. In the play's first Broadway production, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Sarah Paulson etches a star performance in acid; the very fine cast also prominently includes Corey Stoll, Michael Esper, Ella Beatty and Natalie Gold. The play mines dysfunctional-family drama to highly entertaining effect, then puts it all in larger perspective in a wild finale that brings down the house.