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1. www.nytimes.com › 2024/09/30 › theaterRobert Downey Jr. Is a Novelist With a Novel Muse in ‘McNeal’

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   Sep 30, 2024 · The “Oppenheimer” star makes his Broadway debut in Ayad Akhtar’s timely new play about a literary lion who gets assistance from A.I. Robert Downey Jr. goes dark in “McNeal,” a thought ...

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3. mcnealbroadway.comMcNEAL | Official Broadway Website

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   Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar’s new play is a startling and wickedly smart examination of the inescapable humanity – and increasing inhumanity – of the stories we tell. Directed by Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher .

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   Oct 1, 2024 · Now, he is set to make his Broadway debut in Pulitzer-winner Ayad Akhtar’s new A.I.-infused play, McNeal.

5. www.theatlantic.com › magazine › archiveAyad Akhtar and Robert Downey Jr. Confront AI - The Atlantic

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   Sep 30, 2024 · Ayad Akhtar’s new play, <em>McNeal</em>, starring Robert Downey Jr., subverts the idea that artificial intelligence threatens human ingenuity.

6. www.timeout.com › newyork › newsMcNeal on Broadway: Story, Actors and How to Get Tickets

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   Oct 2, 2024 · McNeal, a new play by Pulitzer winner Ayad Akhtar starring Robert Downey Jr. in his Broadway debut, premiered at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont earlier this week, and the reviews are...

7. www.vulture.com › article › theater-review-robertTheater Review: Robert Downey Jr. in ‘McNeal’ - Vulture

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   Sep 30, 2024 · In ‘McNeal,’ Robert Downey Jr. and the playwright Ayad Akhtar dance with the ominous prospects of AI art-making.

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   Is Ayad Akhtar starring Robert Downey Jr in 'McNeal'?

   • Everyone is talking about Robert Downey Jr.’s Broadway debut in the A.I. play directed by Ayad Akhtar—and for good reason. McNeal, a new play by Pulitzer winner Ayad Akhtar starring Robert Downey Jr. in his Broadway debut, premiered at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont earlier this week, and the reviews are already in.

   McNeal on Broadway: Story, Actors and How to Get Tickets - Time Out

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   Who is Ayad Akhtar?

   • McNeal has stolen all his life, and now he has a new tool for literary larceny. To borrow another’s wise words, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Playwright Ayad Akhtar is a dramatist known for taking on hot topics including identity, race, and religion in Disgraced, and capitalism and greed in Junk.

   'McNeal' review — Robert Downey Jr. brings real acting chops to an AI

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   Who plays a literary agent in Ayad Akhtar?

   • Downey and Andrea Martin, who portrays a literary agent, in the new play by Ayad Akhtar. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Even more troubling than what he is willing to say is what he is willing to do to support and extend the legend of his greatness.

   Robert Downey Jr. Is a Novelist With a Novel Muse in ‘McNeal’

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   Is Akhtar a good writer?

   • Akhtar is a synthesizing playwright interested in picking apart vast systems, whether America’s relationship to Islam or the financial markets, but his writing about AI disappointingly doesn’t untangle much, instead falling into familiar tropes and arguments.

   Theater Review: Robert Downey Jr. in ‘McNeal’ - Vulture

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9. www.newyorktheatreguide.com › reviews › mcneal'McNeal' review — Robert Downey Jr. brings real acting chops ...

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   Oct 1, 2024 · In Ayad Akhtar’s crisply staged yet dramatically muddy play, McNeal, Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr. summons every ounce of his innate swagger and smugness as a misogynistic author who’s just found himself the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.