‘Mr. Burns’ Sees Post-Apocalyptic, Simpsons World: Stage
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“Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” is that rarest of comedies: funniest if you already know the punch lines.
Anne Washburn’s eccentric post-Apocalypse parable, at Playwrights Horizons, examines perseverance in catastrophe and, at times late in the play, demands it of the audience.