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Review: Generations of love, loss and wisdom gained in ‘The Inheritance’

Most Broadway seasons feature at least one show that gathers an aura of importance even before it opens.

Samuel H. Levine, Kyle Soller and Andrew Burnap. (Photo: Marc Brenner)

Most Broadway seasons feature at least one show that gathers an aura of importance even before it opens. This year it is undoubtedly “The Inheritance,” Matthew Lopez’s two-part, nearly seven-hour drama about a generation of contemporary gay men searching for love, pleasure, happiness — and a sense of purpose — with all the turbulence the process involves.

The play arrives on a mighty gust of superlative reviews from its premiere in London. Such towering expectations can bring their own peril, with skeptical eyebrows ready to be raised: Can it really be that good?

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