Broadway’s ‘Take Me Out’ is an explosive, funny baseball play
nypost.comGus Kenworthy, Tom Daley and others have come out. So too has Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib.And, aside from discussions of sexuality, the question of athletes’ emotional state has also been thrust to the forefront by the likes of Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles.
We’re starting to wonder whether long-tolerated violent outbursts by athletes like tennis’ Alexander Zverev are actually harmful and potentially dangerous to others. “Take Me Out” isn’t a sports psychologist’s essay though.
It’s a taut and exciting play — and much more propulsive than your average spring ball game — that thankfully doesn’t concern itself with the endless sensitivities and triggers of 2022.
Most of the scenes are set in the tense locker room and there is an authenticity to the players’ angst and jibes that wouldn’t exist if the script had been scrubbed clean by some modern non-profit’s propaganda officer.
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