Review Roundup: PUNCH Opens on Broadway
Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of Punch, by James Graham, opens on Broadway tonight at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Read the reviews! Punch centers around Jacob, a young man w…
Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of Punch, by James Graham, opens on Broadway tonight at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Read the reviews! Punch centers around Jacob, a young man w…
Accept if you can, even if you can't forgive. Forgive if you can, even if you can't forget. That's the idea behind restorative justice, a systematic supportive approach to seeking healing fo…
By Tulis McCall Will Harrison as Jacob is kept on his toes for the better part of the first act of Punch, by James Graham, now at Manhattan Theatre Club's Friedman Theatre. Â Harrison tear…
In one of the most moving scenes that I've ever witnessed in a theater,  Jacob finally meets the parents of the young man whom he killed. Making an extraordinary Broadway debut, Will H…
★★★★☆ James Graham's drama revolves around a fateful interaction that led to unexpected depths of healing and redemption The post Punch: A Play That Speaks to O…
The arrival of James Graham's Punch on Broadway at this particular moment in time would seem thoroughly in keeping with horrific real-life events and the gut-wrenching zeitgeisty fictions li…
Theatrely's Broadway review of Punch by James Graham at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre home to Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City
By Samuel L. Leiter September 28, 2025: It's been a long time since I've sat in a Broadway theatre"or a theatre anywhere"and felt my eyes and nose swell with so much moisture I had to dig …
How do we make sense of a senseless act? James Graham's searing and unforgettable new drama, Punch, digs into a real-life incident in Nottingham, England in 2011 when a 19-year-old hooligan …
★★★★☆ James Graham tells true story, Adam Penford directs theatrically, Will Harrison tour de forces The post Punch: Sin, Redemption Delivered with Emotional Wa…
An overblown theatrical dramatization of a true-life incident; a young Englishman dies after being assaulted for no reason by another young Englishman. The post Punch appeared first on Th…
James Graham's play transfixes the audience at every stage For the first part of Punch it feels as if you're riding a roller coaster, watching the world speed and loop past as you see it fro…
Review: Punch at Apollo Theatre "a vital piece of theatre, one that should be seen by every young person in the country" The post Review: Punch at Apollo Theatre appeared first on Theatre We…
Host Tamsen Fadal chats with two-time Tony® winner Victoria Clark about returning to Broadway in James Graham's PUNCH. Get tickets to PUNCH: https://www.broadway.com/shows/punch/
Victoria Clark doesn't do anything halfway. So when the two-time Tony winner was cast in Punch on Broadway, a play based on the book Right From Wrong by Jacob Dunne, she immediately booke…
The Broadway play "Punch" retells the true story of a fatal blow and how restorative justice brought healing to the parents and to the young man who threw the punch.
Age:Â 29 Hometown:Â Ithaca, New York Current Role:Â Will Harrison is making his Broadway debut as Jacob Dunne in James Graham's Punch, a new play based on the true story of consequen…
★★★★★ THE HARDER THEY COME, STRATFORD EAST Great story, songs and performances Natey Jones and Madeline Charlemagne lead a perfectly realised adaptation of t…
Experience Punch, the latest masterpiece from playwright James Graham which brings Jacob Dunne's powerful true-life account to the stage. Get your tickets: https://officiallondontheatre.com…
Playwright James Graham, director Adam Penford and the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club's new production discuss the potential impact of the based-on-a-true-story play.
Will Harrison leads the cast, with Adam Penford at the helm.