Can't reveal more without spoiling things. Let's just say Salvador Dali wins the day, in that nobody in this play is what they seem and there's an enigma residing even within the conclusion.
Despite the Mametian rhythms to much of the dialogue, and despite Chuck's sell-at-any-cost motive, this is no Glengarry Glen Ross. The real estate market is not on trial here, nor particularly what it does to people. Despite his often grandiose themes, Bitterman is a minimalist, probing the frayed ligaments that barely hold his characters' psyches together. He creates psychological portraits of profoundly unraveled specimens, who say whatever needs to be said to get them to the next moment. Yet they seem to believe their own words. And he crafts these transitions meticulously.
Zuckerman's studied production remains absorbing through its 90 minutes, thanks in large part to the actors' capacity to make pathology and heartbreak so credible.
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Skylight Theater
1816 1/2 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Category: Theaters
Region: Los Feliz
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One day, Bitterman is going to write a play that will speak to our age like no other play by anybody else. This isn't that play, though the production offers a fine time in the theater.
OPEN HOUSE | By Shem Bitterman | Skylight Theater, 1816½ N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz | Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 & 7 p.m.; through Aug. 25 | (323) 666-2202 | skylighttheatrecompany.com
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