There were several ways I considered approaching writing this review. One idea was to simply to write the word "exceptional" over and over again. Other words that came to mind were "shattering," "moving" and, sadly, "timely."
However it is probably best to handle this in a traditional format.
Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, which opened last night on Broadway...wait a minute, let's put this in perspective. The Normal Heart, a play that has become an irreplaceable piece of not just gay theatrical canon but of theatrical canon in general, had its Broadway opening last night a full twenty years after it was first produced off-Broadway. It has taken that long for this brutally honest yet achingly heartfelt play to finally make its way to the Great White Way.
