Theater Review: ‘Children of a Lesser God’

Although not a perfect production, “Children of a Lesser God” has an aura of sweetness and a gentle tension that smacks of a slightly different time.
Theater Review: ‘Children of a Lesser God’
Lauren Ridloff and Joshua Jackson in “Children of a Lesser God” on Broadway. Matthew Murphy
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NEW YORK—Taking place in a school for the deaf, Mark Medoff’s play presents a love story between Sarah (Lauren Ridloff), a young woman deaf from birth, and her speaking teacher James (Joshua Jackson).

But more than that, the play takes on the conflict between the deaf who would prefer not being forced to accommodate to a hearing world, and the other faction, those who read lips and do their best to learn to speak.

Diana Barth
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