A white middle-aged man sits left in a chair. A young Black woman stands right, pointing to him. They are in a home office with flowered wallpaper and notes for debate points taped to the wall.

Maybe it’s a sign of our times that musicals about the aftermath of loss and grief have become so prominent in 21st-century life, from Next to Normal to Dear Evan Hansen. But while both those shows relied on plot devices that hinged on audience misdirection in the case of the former (the better to illustrate […]

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