NEW YORK CITY—There’s a fine line between comedy, tragedy and pathos, but playwright Rajiv Joseph navigates it brilliantly in his play “Archduke.” Presented by the Roundabout Theatre Company, the work is having its New York City premiere at the Laura Pels Theatre.
It’s 1914 and much of Europe is a political powder keg. In Belgrade, Serbia, two destitute young men suffering from tuberculosis, Gavrilo (Jake Berne) and Nedeljko (Jason Sanchez), have been directed to a deserted warehouse where they might receive employment. They might also receive the supposed meaning of life.
