'Purpose' Broadway Review: The Tonys Have a New Frontrunner for Best Play

Last year, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' "Appropriate" won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. The playwright could very well win a Tony this year for Best Play. With "Purpose," Jacobs-Jenkins delivers another harrowing comedy about a deeply troubled American family. After a world premiere last year at Chicago's Steppenwolf theatre, "Purpose" opened Monday at the Helen Hayes Theater. There are other reasons to see "Purpose" beyond its awards potential. For those of us too young to have seen Laurette Taylor in "The Glass Menagerie," there is now the opportunity to see . . .