Name: Prima Facie on Broadway Starring Jodie Comer
Start: 2023-04-11
End: 2023-06-18
Location: Golden Theatre

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On the face of it and, frankly, on stage at the [Golden Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/golden-theatre), the one-woman drama [*Prima Facie*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/25983-prima-facie-tickets) starring [Jodie Comer](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jodie-comer) is too slick and tidily constructed for its own good. In it, Tessa, a British barrister known for defending men accused of sexual assault, gets date raped herself. The parallels are plain.

Suzie Miller’s play offers a reckoning with the before and after. Only in the wake of her assault does Tessa fully wrap her brain around a terrible inequity. The symbol for justice is a woman, and in rape cases, her scales tip toward men. Unfortunately, that’s not exactly headline news.

Running 100 unbroken minutes, the production is Exhibit A of how a focused and fierce performance can elevate a work. Comer’s breathless star turn in her Broadway debut does that. Comer, who speaks for several minor characters, has won various awards for her portrait, including an [Olivier](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/2023-olivier-awards-full-list-of-winners). She is riveting, even in a late section where Tessa spouts statistics and the play teeters into movie-of-the-week territory. 

Director Justin Martin keeps Tessa in near-nonstop motion on Miriam Buether’s set lined with soaring floor-to-ceiling case files. Tessa periodically climbs atop a heavy wooden table to make a point. It’s a stagy trick, but it gets attention. 

Like Tessa, the production is alive. There’s a subtle heartbeat-like throb underscoring the action, incidental music, and bright flashes punctuating scenes thanks to sound designers Ben and Max Ringham, composer Rebecca Lucy Taylor, and lighting designer Natasha Chivers, respectively. 

When we meet Tessa, she’s in court and at the top of her game. All smirks and smug self-satisfaction, she’s a shameless showboater in a robe and horsehair wig. She gleefully likens taking down a witness to a fight to the death. Armed with her legal cunning and killer instinct, she fires off questions that are aimed to slay, not just wound — bang-bang-bang! She shapes her fingers into a pistol as she revels. 

When it comes to blasting holes in the testimony of an anguished woman alleging sexual assault, she is just as merciless. Tessa says she is in the business of legal truth — what’s provable beyond a doubt. It’s easy to connect the dots between Tessa and Villanelle, the *Killing Eve* assassin that made Comer a star — and accounts for raucous entrance applause.

Tessa is in her element in court, but she’s far less so when she’s back home in hardscrabble Liverpool. A brief, fitful visit with her mother and brothers shows she’s left this world behind. Since landing a spot in law school at Cambridge, she’s moved on. 

In London, she’s a star on the rise, whether in court drag or a flirty green dress for a date with Julian, a colleague she shags on a sofa at work. A week later, after drinks and sex earlier in the evening, Julian rapes Tessa in her home. The details spill out of her in a harrowing torrent echoed by an onstage rainstorm.

Tessa knows the law. Her case is iffy, but she decides to press charges. Some 782 days later, she has her day in court, where she knows she’ll be subjected to the same kind of attack she uses against witnesses. The outcome of the trial is fairly predictable. Tessa — who, by the way, is still a defense lawyer — seizes the opportunity to make a statement about the need for change.

In the end, Miller, an Australian writer with a law background, makes *Prima Facie* a message play. What it’s saying isn’t revelatory, but it is worthwhile. And Comer is a first-class messenger. 

[*Prima Facie* is at the Golden Theatre through June 18. Get *Prima Facie* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/25983-prima-facie-tickets)

*Photo credit: Jodie Comer in Prima Facie. (Photo by Bronwen Sharp, retouch by Caz Lock)*

'Prima Facie' review — Jodie Comer makes a riveting Broadway debut in this legal drama

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Prima Facie on Broadway starring Jodie Comer

Read our four-star review of Suzie Miller's *Prima Facie* on Broadway, which stars Emmy Award winner Jodie Comer, at the Golden Theatre through June 18.

Designed by Herbert J. Krapp for Irwin Chanin, the John Golden Theatre officially opened as the Theatre Masque on February 24, 1927 with the play *Puppets of Passion*. The Golden Theatre was purchased by impresario John Golden in 1937, who renamed the theatre after himself.

The building was used as a cinema in the late 1940s and 1950s before the Shubert Organization purchased and restored it to traditional theatre usage. The exterior of the Golden Theatre was used in the film adaptation of *A Chorus Line*.

## How to get to the Golden Theatre on Broadway

The Golden Theatre, on 45th Street between Eighth Avenue and Broadway, is closest to the 42nd Street - Port Authority subway stop on the A, C, or E line. The theatre is also accessible by bus, with the closest stops being 8th Ave/W 46th St. on the M20 and M104 lines; 7th Ave/W. 44th St. on the M104 line; and 8th Ave/W 43rd St. on the M20, M104, and M34A-SBS line.

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Jodie Comer stars in the one-woman play *Prima Facie* on Broadway in spring 2023 for a limited engagement.

Emmy Award and BAFTA winner Jodie Comer is an English actress best known for playing Villanelle in the hit BBC television series *Killing Eve*.

Born March 11, 1993, in Liverpool, England, Comer began acting in her early teens at a local drama school before she booked her first job in a show called The Royal Today in 2008. From there, she landed many guest roles and appearances in popular dramas such as *Law & Order: UK* and *Waterloo Road*. One of her first prominent roles was as Chloe Gemell in the comedy-drama series *My Mad Fat Diary*. This portrayal led to larger roles in television series, including the lead character Ivy Moxan in the drama *Thirteen* on BBC Three. Comer made her film debut in *England Is Mine*, a biopic about The Smiths' Morrissey.

Her breakout role came in 2018 when she was cast in the BBC thriller *Killing Eve* as Villanelle, a ruthless assassin who becomes entangled with MI6 agent Eve Polastri, played by Sandra Oh. The drama became a massive hit, skyrocketing Comer to mainstream success and securing her an Emmy Award and British Academy Television Award.

In 2021, Comer starred opposite Ryan Reynolds in the film *Free Guy*. She then earned another British Academy Television Award for the Channel 4 drama *Help*, in which she played a care home worker during the Covid-19 pandemic. She starred in another star-studded drama, *The Last Duel*, in 2021 alongside Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and [Adam Driver](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/adam-driver).

Comer made her West End debut in 2022 in the play *Prima Facie*, a one-woman show which earned her critical acclaim, an Evening Standard Theatre Award, and an Olivier Award nomination. The show transfers to Broadway in spring 2023, when Comer reprises the role of Tessa for a limited engagement.

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After a sold-out engagement in London's West End, Suzie Miller's *Prima Facie* is on Broadway, starring Emmy winner and 2023 Tony Award nominee Jodie Comer. Get *Prima Facie* tickets on New York Theatre Guide and see the four-time Tony-nominated tour-de-force.

## What is the *Prima Facie* play about?

The *Prima Facie* play centers on the barrister Tessa. (In the U.K. and other regions, a barrister is a type of lawyer who is qualified to advocate for a client in court, rather than just provide legal counsel.) She is a young woman from a working-class background who now at the top of her field. She's on a case-winning streak, and she loves the thrill of victory, of finding the weakness in her opposition and skillfully exploiting it. While she deeply respects the legal system, as a defense attorney, she also knows her job is to support her client, even if that means defending a position that's untrue.

Tessa has a reckoning with her mission, however, when she herself is a victim of sexual assault. Suddenly, she's seeing her profession from the other side — and recognizes the many aspects of her story her assailant's defense lawyer, were they anything like her, could and would use against her, and the toll that takes on a person seeking justice. The audience sees Tessa decide, amid trauma, how much she's willing to compromise the absolute "burden of proof" she's hinged her career on to fight for what she knows to be true, or vice versa. *Prima Facie*, which means "at first glance" in Latin, is a story about one woman confronting the stark divide between the lived experience of many women and the patriarchal legal system they face.

Before the premiere of *Prima Facie* on Broadway, the show debuted in London's West End to critical acclaim. A [*Prima Facie* review on London Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/prima-facie-review-harold-pinter-theatre-jodie-comer) reads, "Suzie Miller’s one-woman show *Prima Facie*... embodies an urgent real-life issue, this time an indefensibly broken legal system, and, in an astonishing tour-de-force performance, Comer commits, body and soul, to laying bare the human cost... Throughout this 100-minute piece, even in its weaker moments, Comer is absolutely riveting. She uses her shape-shifting talents to great effect, sketching in numerous other characters – from her posh colleagues to her abrasive mum and combative brother. She also gives Tessa a vivid emotional journey."

Director Justin Martin makes his Broadway directing debut with *Prima Facie* in New York. He previously associate directed *Skylight*, *The Audience*, and the Tony Award-winning Best Play [*The Inheritance*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/the-inheritance) on Broadway.

## Who is Jodie Comer?

Comer is best known for her role as Villanelle in the TV show *Killing Eve*, which earned her an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe nominations. She has also appeared in movies like *Free Guy* and *The Last Duel*.

*Prima Facie* marked Comer's and Miller's West End debuts, and now marks their Broadway debuts as well.

Tickets to *Prima Facie* on Broadway are available now.

Please note that *Prima Facie* contains discussions of sexual violence.

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Get tickets to Prima Facie on Broadway from the official New York Theatre Guide. Watch Emmy winner Jodie Comer take the stand in this award-winning drama.

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Emmy winner Jodie Comer reprises her acclaimed role from London in this legal drama. She plays the brilliant lawyer Tessa, who sees the ugly side of her profession when she becomes the victim of a crime — and finds herself unlikely to be believed. This award-winning play is only on Broadway for a limited time — learn more about tickets today.

The *Prima Facie* play is a one-woman legal drama; Tessa is the only character on stage. She loves the rush of winning a case, even though she knows many of her clients are guilty, and undermining her opposition's weaknesses. She must reckon with that when she identifies weaknesses in her own case, from a legal standpoint. While playing this character, Comer also briefly acts as Tessa’s colleagues and family members.

*Prima Facie* premiered in Sydney, Australia — playwright Suzie Miller's home country — in 2019, where the show won multiple major awards from the Australian Writers' Guild. For *Prima Facie*’s subsequent London premiere, Comer won the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Actress.

Comer is best known for her Emmy-winning performance as Villanelle on the TV show *Killing Eve*, and for her film appearances in *Free Guy* and *The Last Duel*. Though the role of Tessa in *Prima Facie* existed before Comer was cast, Miller rewrote Tessa’s backstory to more closely match Comer’s working-class upbringing in Liverpool, England.

## What to Watch For

- Comer made her West End debut in *Prima Facie* in London, and now she makes her Broadway debut with the play in New York.
- "Prima facie" is a Latin phrase that means "at first glance" or "upon a first impression." In legal cases, it refers to an allegation or assertion that's accepted as correct until proven otherwise.
- Miller used to be a criminal defense lawyer in Australia, and her encounters with sexual assault survivors inspired her to write *Prima Facie*.
- *Prima Facie* isn't Miller's only law drama. She also wrote *RBG: Of Many, One* about the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The one-woman show premiered in Australia in 2022, just after *Prima Facie* went up in London.
- *Prima Facie* is one of three shows currently on Broadway about the legal system; *Chicago* and *Parade* are the others. Those two are musicals, though, while Prima Facie is a play.
- *Prima Facie* has a companion soundtrack available to stream, with all tracks written and performed by the musician Self Esteem.

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