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From ‘The Antiquities,’ at Playwrights Horizons.

Each voice lends the thing a persona.

A British one is deemed too Mary Poppins.

Their goal, the guys insist, is something that feels like a member of the family.

A few of Harrisons characters rebel against the robots, whereas others make a kind of peace with them.

I could really go for a more skeptical look on who asks us to swallow tech advances and why.

The Antiquitiestraverses those centuries over the course of a single intermission-less stretch.

Condensed as that may feel, it comes in some fine packaging.

Spahn is gently sweet as a closeted computer programmer and then a 2010s Soylent doofus.

You will not forget watching a blowjob happen in front of a robot prototype.

WhenThe Antiquitiesreaches further afield, Harrison falls back on well-used sci-fi tropes.

The Antiquitiesis at Playwrights Horizons through February 23.

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