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Playwrights Are Putting America's Financial Inequality On The Stage

by The Daily Eye Team April 1 2016, 2:46 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 21 secs

THERE is something familiar about the Blakes, the American family at the centre of “The Humans”, a new play by Stephen Karam that is now on Broadway. Anyone who has navigated the emotional minefield of a family meal will recognise the affectionate way they bicker, their barbs softened with tenderness. But something else about this family will also resonate with a growing group of Americans: each member is struggling financially.