Downstate Delays Again. Bruce Norris's Broadway Gamble Is Getting Complicated.

The most controversial new play headed to Broadway this fall has now pushed its first preview twice, and illness is the official reason. That may be entirely true. It may also be the cleanest available explanation for a production carrying enormous artistic and commercial risk into a Broadway season that has very little patience for either. Whatever the cause, Downstate is burning preview time it cannot afford to waste.