China Doll (Al Pacino)

David Mamet’s 'China Doll' arrived at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in 2015 as a high-stakes, blisteringly fast dramatic event that turned the entire stage into an opulent, real-time crucible of political corruption and corporate hubris. The narrative unfolds entirely inside a luxurious penthouse apartment over a series of frantic, uninterrupted telephone conversations, tracking Mickey Ross, a multi-millionaire corporate tycoon who has just purchased a private jet for his young fiancée, collapsing into a catastrophic trap when a minor tax dispute explodes into a targeted federal investigation. Directed by Pam MacKinnon, the high-profile production starred Academy Award icon Al Pacino in a tour-de-force lead performance.