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David Mamet’s 'Race' arrived at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 2009, running for an astonishing 297 performances as an intellectually fierce, hyper-articulate contemporary psychological courtroom drama thriller. The real-time, claustrophobic narrative unfolds entirely inside the sleek, mahogany consultation room of an elite legal firm, tracking three defense lawyers—two white and one Black—who become ensnared in a high-stakes corporate minefield of racial politics, media spin, and internal blackmails when they handle a wealthy white corporate executive accused of a crime. Directed by Mamet, it starred James Spader.

