UBen Brantley wafota ngo-2012.Cindy Ord / Getty Izithombe INew York Times umgxeki oyintloko weqonga UBen Brantley ubhengeze umhlala phantsi namhlanje. Olu phumlo lobhubhani kwitheko elikhulu, elinamandla neliyinkundla yemidlalo yeqonga labonakala kum njengomzuzu olungileyo wokuphuma ngomnyango, utshilo uBrantley ingxelo. Kodwa xa le midlalo yeqonga ibuya, ndiyathemba ukuba ndiza kuba lapho-njengombhali, ilungu labaphulaphuli kwaye, ngaphezulu kwako konke, umlandeli omkhulu oqaqadekileyo endakhe ndakhona ukusukela ndisengumntwana. Usuku lokugqibela lukaBrantley kwidesika yedrama iya kuba nge-15 ka-Okthobha, ishiya ngasemva ifuthe elinamandla nelihlala lihleli kwithiyetha yaseNew York.
Kudala ngaphambi kokuba uBrantley abhale uphononongo olubukhali, olunengqiqo, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha oluhlasimla umdlalo Amaxesha ukuba waziwa ngoku, U-Brantley waqala umsebenzi wakhe wobuntatheli nge-internship yasehlotyeni e UWinston-Salem Sentinel kulandelwa istint njengomncedisi wokuhlela kwi Ilizwi leLali . Ukususela ngo-1978 ukuya ku-1985, uBrantley wasebenza e Abafazi Banxiba Mihla le, Kuqala umhleli nentatheli kwaye kamva waba ngumhleli wephephancwadi waseYurophu, umpapashi kunye nomphathi weofisi yaseParis. Emva kwexesha lokuzimela, u-Brantley ekugqibeleni walifumana ikhaya lakhe njenge INew York Times Umgxeki womdlalo weqonga ngo-1993 kwaye wanyuselwa waba ngumgxeki oyintloko kwiminyaka nje emithathu kamva. Ngo-1997 wafumana imbasa yeGeorge Jean Nathan yokuGxekwa ngokuDlamkileyo. Ukwangoyena mntu ugxekayo okhe wakhonza ixesha elide ukusukela oko uBrooks Atkinson
Ngexesha lokuhlala kwakhe kwiphephandaba, igama likaBrantley liye laba yinto eyoyikisayo kwaye iphela-yonke yeqonga laseNew York. Uphengululo lukaBen Brantley lolunye lophononongo lokuqala lokufundwa kusasa emva kwesizini; luphononongo oluye lwangxola luze lucaphunwe, luphoswa ziivenkile zekofu kwicala elingasentshona leManhattan njengelona lihlebayo losuku. Kukwahlaziyo lokugqibela ofuna ukuba kulo kwelinye icala: ukuba nohlolisiso olubukhali lukaBrantley kunye neliso elingapheliyo elikrazula umsebenzi wobomi bakho ayingomqobo olula weemvakalelo wokuba ngumqobo.
Kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo, uBrantley ujikeleze ikhosi eguqukayo ye-Broadway, ukusuka kwintando esandula kufunyanwa, kunye neqhinga lokuthengisa itikiti, lokuphosa amagama abantu abadumileyo (awayengenguye umlandeli) kwiimpazamo zakhe ngexesha lokuziphatha gwenxa. Kuyo yonke le nto uBrantley ushiyeke engoyena mntu ubalulekileyo kwimidlalo yeqonga, impembelelo yakhe yonyuse amazwi abanye bamagama amakhulu emidlalo yeqonga-uLin Manuel Miranda, iSuzan-Lori Parks, uKenneth Lonergan- kwaye uya kuba nefuthe elide kwibala.
Amaxesha umhleli wezenkcubeko uGilbert Cruz kunye nomhleli weqonga uScott Heller bathi baceba ukuthatha ixesha lokukhetha umntu oza kungena ezihlangwini zikaBrantley nokuba umsebenzi wakhe ungaqhubeka ukuvela kupapasho. U-Brantley ongumgxeki oyintloko, u-Jesse Green, uzakuhlala eyindima.
