Being so close to the actors feeds into the play’s aura of danger at times, you may find yourself shrinking back in your seat or experiencing a touch of claustrophobia. Though the play is laced with laughs, particularly in earlier scenes, it is also intense, quicksilver in its mood shifts and ultimately tragic. Staged by director-actor-playwright Carey Brianna Hart, “Topdog/Underdog” is, obviously, a far more intimate experience at the 50-seat Main Street Playhouse than it will be for audiences in Broadway’s 805-seat John Golden Theatre. (Palm Beach Dramaworks will do a regional production of the show May 26-June 11.) Main Street Players in Miami Lakes obtained the rights to do the play before the pandemic hit, and the company has finally opened its own production, which will end a few days before the official Broadway opening. Denzel McCausland as Lincoln (right) recalls happier days in “Topdog/Underdog” at Main Street Playhouse.
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