Review: Ayo Edebiri Is Stunning in a New ‘Proof’ on Broadway

Does Proof Still Compute?

David Auburn’s Pulitzer-winning play returns starring Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri, and shows all of its edges to have softened with age.

‘Proof’ review: Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle star in underpowered Broadway revival

The setting of the tight-as-a-drum drama, which opened Thursday night at the Booth Theatre, hasn’t been moved from the early aughts. But Edebiri’s cringing, self-deprecating embodiment of a woman at her wit's end couldn’t be more rooted in 2026 — much in the same way Mary Louise Parker’s lauded turn was a mascot for the new millennium.

This ‘Proof’ Doesn’t Fully Deliver on Its Concept

A new Broadway revival of David Auburn’s mathematics play adds up to being more a competent production than a relevatory one.

Review: Ayo Edebiri is stunning in a new ‘Proof’ on Broadway

Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle are daughter and father in David Auburn’s classic, Hyde Park-set play.

'Proof' Broadway Review: The Obamas Deliver Mixed Results With Their First Theatrical Venture

Michelle and Barack Obama are one of the producer teams for the new revival of David Auburn’s 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Proof,” which opened Thursday at the Booth Theatre. They make that theater debut through their producing entity, Higher Ground. Why “Proof” for the Obamas’ first theatrical venture? “Proof” was initially staged with an all-white cast. In its first Broadway revival, the play now features a cast of color on stage. The sh…

'Proof' Review: 'The Bear' Star Ayo Edebiri Serves Up Transfixing Broadway Debut

Deadline's Broadway review of 'Proof' starring Ayo Edebiri, Don Cheadle, Kara Young and Jin Ha.