"It's a version of this production - at once new and old, brought to life by collaborators with nearly as much history as the brothers of its title - that's just arrived at the Shed, and the work onstage is a testament not only to the vigor of McCraney's writing, but to the music and muscle, the sheer biorhythmic confidence, that can develop among artists who have the chance to hone their tools together over decades."
"McCraney and André Holland - who's riveting as the older of the brothers, Ogun Size - are also bringing a deep working relationship to bear. Back in 2009, in the Public's take on the full triptych, a not-too-long-out-of-NYU Holland played the show's mysterious third wheel, Elegba; now he provides the piece with its emotional anchor, shouldering the tragic weight that sits at the story's center while Alani iLongwe's bright, impulsive Oshoosi Size and Malcolm Mays's subtle Elegba orbit him,"
The Brothers Size returns to New York in a production co-directed by longtime collaborators, offering a blend of renewal and continuity. The play premiered in 2007 at the Public Theater and London's Young Vic and later became the first part of a trilogy completed by In the Red and Brown Water and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet. The staging foregrounds balletic, music-driven rhythms, vigorous writing, and a sense of shared artistic vocabulary developed over decades. André Holland anchors the performance as Ogun Size, with Alani iLongwe's impulsive Oshoosi and Malcolm Mays's subtle Elegba providing dynamic emotional interplay.
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