After a lengthy discussion, the group decided the ideal straight white man was someone who was not aggressive, who was passive in social justice spaces, and overall did not interfere with their causes.
The pre-show and scene transitions are guided by Stagehand-In-Charge (or Stagehands-In-Charge, as done on Broadway with Kate Bornstein and Ty Defoe), who is "transgender or gender nonconforming.
"[5] During the Christmas holidays, three brothers return to their family home in the Midwestern United States to keep their widowed father, Ed, company.
"[13] Others praised it on the basis of the same reasoning, with Matthew Wexler writing for The Broadway Blog that Lee intentionally makes the production "a calculated portrait.
It remains undeniably powerful, especially when Mr. Schneider, excellent as the forlorn and heartbreaking Matt, tries to make his family understand something he can barely articulate to himself.