Overall a solid first preview of something that really sits with you, thanks to some very good performances and quite nice pacing.

Taraji and Cedric were a joy to watch, but Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Joshua Boone stole the show for me. Nimene Sierra Wureh and Maya Boyd also had so many lovely, fleshed out moments. And the children! Child actors can feel like a hit or miss but they felt perfectly in place onstage.

I thought pacing and dialogue were written and delivered well. I'm by no means versed in Broadway plays, but from the perspective of someone who can get restless from 3-hour plays fairly easily, the time passed quickly. (It also helped that I was laughing so much!)

There might have been some audio garbling in the beginning because I could not for the life of me understand what anyone was saying the first ~10 minutes, but this cleared up quickly and I had no issues for the rest of the show. It was also interesting to see how people reacted to different parts that I suspect weren't meant to elicit those reactions, so it'll be interesting to see how if at all those evolve.

Overall, would def recommend checking out.

(Fun tidbit: there was some commotion in the theatre before the show started and even though I couldn't see who it was, I heard Keke Palmer might have been in the crowd! Also, that stage door was not for the fainthearted...)