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McNeal (play)
McNeal is a one-act stage play written by Ayad Akhtar.[1] Summary and response
The play deals with topics such as artificial intelligence, artistic integrity, plagiarism, and copyright infringement. Emily Eakins of The New York Times called the play "provocative...Akhtar pushes beyond the confines of the usual morality play"[2] and Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic called the play "transfixing in part because it tracks without flinching the disintegration of a celebrated writer, and in part because Akhtar goes to a place that few writers have visited so effectively—the very near future, in which large language models threaten to undo our self-satisfied understanding of creativity, plagiarism, and originality" .[3] Production historyBroadway (2024)Previews of the play began on Broadway on September 5, 2024, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. The show officially opened on September 30.[4] It was directed by Bartlett Sher.[5] The production's limited engagement ran until November 24, 2024.[6] Cast and characters
PublicationThe play was published in The Atlantic in December 2024 with a forward by Jeremy Strong.[8] References
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