‘The Present,’ Despite Cate Blanchett, Might Be the Worst Play to Ever Hit Broadway

Fearful of being labeled “the boy who cried wolf,” I had just about decided to refrain from calling Broadway shows “the worst thing I’ve ever seen.” Then I went to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and suffered through a relentless three-hour pile of noisy, pointless and pretentious junk called The Present.