‘Other Desert Cities’ Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Gets Seriously Funny For Broadway Debut

Julia Louis-Dreyfus makes her Broadway debut as Polly Wyeth in a revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s family drama *Other Desert Cities*. The review praises the production’s cast and finds the play especially resonant amid current political and social divisions, while noting that Louis-Dreyfus brings a warmer, less forceful interpretation than Stockard Channing did in the original production.

The story centres on the Wyeth family’s Christmas reunion in Palm Springs in 2004, years after their eldest son Henry died by suicide. Polly and her husband Lyman are politically conservative, while Polly’s liberal sister Silda and daughter Brooke challenge the family’s carefully maintained image as old secrets come to light. Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Joe Keery and Lily Rabe co-star, with John Benjamin Hickey directing.