‘The Iceman Cometh’ and ‘Saint Joan’ Reviews: Stars in the Wrong Skies

Star casting is miscasting on Broadway as Denzel Washington takes on the lead in Eugene O’Neill’s lengthy play and Condola Rashad plays the titular holy woman in George Bernard Shaw’s work.

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On Broadway this year, spring is the season of marathons: First “Angels in America” and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” now Eugene O’Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh” and George Bernard Shaw’s “Saint Joan.” Taken together, these extra-long shows are stretching patience and pocketbooks, and it’s hard to imagine that very many people other than drama critics and well-heeled theater buffs will get to more than one of them. That’s a pity, since “Iceman” and “Saint Joan,” like “Angels” before them, both have much to...