Spies Join Warlords in Afghan Debacle; Patinkin, LuPone: Review
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Warlords, spooks and patsies are the chief players in J.T. Rogers’s “Blood and Gifts,” the chilling and utterly riveting drama that opened yesterday in New York.
Set mostly in Pakistan between 1981 and 1991, the play follows the course of U.S. covert operations after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It’s a chess game played out on a global board, but the stories, and the consequences, are intimate and searing.