Making its first appearance on Broadway in over 40 years, Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist classic
Exit the King officially opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March 26. Starring Oscar winners
Geoffrey Rush, in his Broadway debut, and
Susan Sarandon, in her first Broadway performance since 1972, and featuring Tony Award winner
Andrea Martin and stage vet
Lauren Ambrose (of
Six Feet Under fame), it’s not the easiest show to categorize: On paper, it’s a French play, written in 1962, about a king who dies a slow and reluctant death over the course of two hours. On st