Elle Fanning Making Broadway Debut in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Appropriate’
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor Elle Fanning will make her Broadway debut in the upcoming production of “Appropriate,” a darkly comic family drama from Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.
The show is directed by Lila Neugebauer, the director of the acclaimed 2018 revival of “The Waverly Gallery.” Fanning, best known for her work on Hulu’s “The Great” and “Super 8,” joins a previously announced ensemble that includes Natalie Gold, Alyssa Emily Marvin, Sarah Paulson and Corey Stoll.
Jenkins is an Obie Award-winning playwright whose credits include “An Octoroon” and “Gloria.” “Appropriate” follows the Lafayette family as it returns to their late patriarch’s Arkansas home to deal with the remains of his estate.
Toni (Paulson), the eldest daughter, wants to remember and honor their late father, while Bo (Stoll), her brother, hopes to recoup the money he spent caring for his ailing dad.
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