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Review: ‘Skeleton Crew’ simmers beneath the surface

The doors haven’t shut — yet — but the walls seem to be closing in irrevocably on the characters in “Skeleton Crew,” Dominique Morisseau’s closely observed, eloquent and deeply compassionate drama about automotive plant workers in Detroit during the Great Recession.

Phylicia Rashad and Joshua Boone in 'Skeleton Crew.' (Photo: Matthew Murphy)

The doors haven’t shut — yet — but the walls seem to be closing in irrevocably on the characters in “Skeleton Crew,” Dominique Morisseau’s closely observed, eloquent and deeply compassionate drama about automotive plant workers in Detroit during the Great Recession. First seen Off-Broadway, the play has moved to Broadway under the auspices of Manhattan Theater Club, at a time, unhappily, of another national crisis, economic and otherwise, stemming from the ongoing — and ongoing and ongoing —pandemic. (Performances of “Skeleton Crew” were canceled, and the opening delayed, due to COVID-19 issues.)

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