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‘Prima Facie’ review: Brilliant Jodie Comer is a must-see on Broadway

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Prima Facie,” which opened Sunday night on Broadway, the audience is hit by two wildly different sensations.First, as we become fully absorbed by the harrowing story of Tessa, a brilliant young barrister whose life is horribly upended, there is great pain and sadness in watching her go through a trauma nobody should ever have to experience.

Some viewers will be understandably overwhelmed by it all.One hour and 40 minutes with no intermission. At the John Golden Theatre, 252 W.

45th St. Then, at curtain call, as we step outside of the drama and back into our seats at the John Golden Theatre, pure exhilaration washes over us — because we have just witnessed the emergence of an extraordinary new stage talent.

That would be the sensational Jodie Comer, who won an Emmy Award for playing the Russian assassin Villanelle on TV’s “Killing Eve,” and is every bit as good — nay, even better — live and in-person.“Prima Facie,” which played London’s West End last year, somehow marks Comer’s professional stage debut.

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