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‘The Fear of 13’ review: Adrien Brody goes to prison in a predictable criminal justice schlep on Broadway

Nypost · · 809 words · By Johnny Oleksinski
Criminal justice system Theatrical Criticism
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The Fear of 13... At the James Earl Jones Theatre, 138 W. 48th Street.”
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Multiple sources confirm 'The Fear of 13' is playing at the James Earl Jones Theatre, and one source explicitly provides the address as 138 West 48th Street.
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“One hour and 50 minutes, with no intermission.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about general movie runtimes and software runtimes; no specific runtime for 'The Fear of 13' was found in the evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Movies with a running time of 300 minutes (5 hours) or more.352 min (5 hr, 52 min) Including two 20-minute intermissions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_films
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web search NEUTRAL — © 2026 Runtime All rights reserved.You have declined cookies, which means you cannot log in, or use other personalized features of this site.
https://www.runtime.tv/
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“his Broadway debut as a wronged man who spends 22 years on death row”
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Wikipedia and Broadway.com both confirm Adrien Brody's stage debut in 'The Fear of 13' as a man (Nick Yarris) who spent 22 years on death row.
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web search NEUTRAL — On stage, Brody made his London theatre debut as death row inmate Nick Yarris in the Lindsey Ferrentino play The Fear of 13 (2024), garnering a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Brody
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web search NEUTRAL — The new Broadway play, about a man who spent two decades on death row for a murder he didn’t commit, is a story that the playwright says she “couldn’t shake.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/theater/adrien-brody-tess…
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web search NEUTRAL — "The play is, on its surface, about Nick Yarris, who's a man who was wrongfully imprisoned on death row for 22 years and spent most of those years in solitary confinement. His only company were the bo…
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/206792/adrien-brodys-broadway-…
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“plays Pennsylvania inmate Nick Yarris in “The Fear of 13,” Lindsey Ferrentino’s... play that opened Wednesday night at the James Earl Jones Theatre.”
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Multiple sources confirm the play is written by Lindsey Ferrentino, features Nick Yarris (a Pennsylvania inmate), and is playing at the James Earl Jones Theatre.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nicholas James Yarris (born May 18, 1961) is an American writer and storyteller who spent 22 years on death row in Pennsylvania after being wrongfully convicted of rape and murder. Yarris was exonerat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Yarris
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web search NEUTRAL — Brody plays real former death row inmate Nick Yarris. Emilio Madrid. Still, this show exists in large part to elicit gasps by exposing the brokenness of the criminal justice system — not to make us kn…
https://nypost.com/2026/04/15/entertainment/the-fear-of-13-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — The true story of Nick Yarris comes to the stage in an absorbing production of Lindsey Ferrentino's new play. Robert Hofler. Thu, April 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM UTC.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/fear-13-broa…
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“an actor who apparently hadn’t been onstage since age 12 before taking on this part in London in 2024”
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Wikipedia and Broadway.com both confirm Adrien Brody made his London theatre debut in 'The Fear of 13' at the Donmar Warehouse in 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — On stage, Brody made his London theatre debut as death row inmate Nick Yarris in the Lindsey Ferrentino play The Fear of 13 (2024), garnering a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Brody
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web search NEUTRAL — The Fear of 13 had its world premiere at London's Donmar Warehouse in October 2024, where Brody made his London stage debut in the leading role. Both Brody and the play were nominated for Olivier Awar…
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/206579/adrien-brody-and-tessa-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Fear of 13 is playing at James Earl Jones Theatre. The theatre is located at 138 West 48th Street, New York, 10036. How do you book tickets for The Fear of 13?The recommended age for The Fear of 1…
https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/adrien…
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“directed by celeb babysitter du jour David Cromer”
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Broadway.com explicitly states that 'The Fear of 13' is directed by Tony winner David Cromer.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Fear of 13 is that kind of production this spring. It is based on a real story, led by two film actors making their stage debuts, and running for a fixed window that will not extend indefinitely.
https://stageandstreetnyc.com/broadway/shows/the-fear-of-13/
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web search NEUTRAL — What to Know. The Fear of 13 is a new Broadway play at the James Earl Jones Theatre, written by Lindsey Ferrentino and directed by Tony winner David Cromer, telling the true story of Nick Yarris, who …
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/206968/5-reasons-to-lock-in-to…
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web search NEUTRAL — “The Fear of 13” is based on a 2015 documentary, directed by David Sington, about Nick Yarris, who was released from prison in 2004. Brody, 52, a two-time Academy Award winner, for “The Pianist” and “…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/theater/adrien-brody-tess…
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“Yarris, a real former inmate whose harrowing experience behind bars was the subject of a 2015 British documentary with the same title”
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While the specific 'Evidence for claim 6' section contained irrelevant Nickelodeon results, the evidence for claims 2, 3, and 7 explicitly mentions Nick Yarris as a real former inmate and references a 2015 documentary with the same title.
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“prison volunteer played by Tessa Thompson”
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Broadway.com and other sources confirm Tessa Thompson plays the character Jacki Miles, a prison volunteer.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tessa Thompson as Jacki in "The Fear of 13" (Photo: Emilio Madrid). What to Know.Thompson plays prison volunteer Jacki Miles, navigating a unique onstage challenge—building a romance and emotional con…
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/207077/tessa-thompson-on-her-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson in 'The Fear of 13' on Broadway Credit: Emilio Madrid. Yarris went on to pen a first-person account of his story, which has been shared in multiple formats, including h…
https://www.aol.com/articles/leonardo-dicaprio-visits-adrian…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Jacki in the play is a fictional character modeled on a real prison volunteer who grew close to Yarris while visiting him on death row. At first she’s the play’s narrator, guiding the audience int…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/theater/adrien-brody-tess…
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“Those other prisoners, played by Ephraim Sykes, Eddie Cooper and Victor Cruz”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the casting of Ephraim Sykes, Eddie Cooper, or Victor Cruz.
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“Only Sykes, of “Ain’t Too Proud” and “Hamilton,” stands out”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding Ephraim Sykes' history in 'Ain't Too Proud' or 'Hamilton'.
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“the wretched musical “The Queen of Versailles” that she wrote the book for earlier this season.”
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