Hugh Jackman is back on Broadway with a partnership aimed at creating smaller, more accessible shows. His company's debut features 'Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes,' a two-hander performance exploring a professor-student dynamic. The production, directed by Ian Rickson, balances themes of desire and #MeToo accountability, while maintaining an amiable tone. Jackman's performance includes engaging with the audience, harkening back to his earlier roles. Alongside this show, the company presents 'Creditors,' amplifying the collaborative ethos of Jackman's new theatrical venture, Together.
As directed by Ian Rickson, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is indeed a spare production... However, it is an absorbing two-hander drama about a famous middle-aged male college professor and author, and a star-struck and sad 19-year-old female student, which balances middle-aged straight male fantasy and #MeToo accountability in a relatively amiable and accepting manner, with a surprise twist at the very end.
Jackman narrates the play for the audience and even chats them up and charms them. Notably, he addresses latecomers, as he did more than two decades ago in his New York stage debut in The Boy from Oz.
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