GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS ROCKS

Just the good ol' boys?

I realize it's obnoxious to recommend costly limited engagements only viewable in Manhattan. But for those in or visiting NYC, I recommend the revival of Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway.

This Times review nails it, so I won't say much.

But I will say that this version of the play is, miraculously, better than the movie. This all-star cast (the star of M*A*S*H! and Arrested Development! and NYPD Blue!) squeezes every drop out of Mamet's profanity-laced masterpiece on male hubris, humility, and emasculation in the cutthroat world of business.

Whereas the film functioned as the Jack Lemmon/Shelly "The Machine" story, this production manages to make every role seem meaty, although Liev Schreiber (in the Richard Roma/Al Pacino role) is the undeniable standout.

One last comment: do you recognize the actor in the picture above at whom the yellow arrow is pointing? That's Tom Wopat a.k.a. Luke Duke of The Dukes of Hazzard. I saw his name on the marquee, but I didn't believe that it was actually him. It's hard to accept that one of my childhood idols is old enough to play an elderly man more feeble than Uncle Jesse. Which is to say, either he's a damn good actor or I'm getting old.

--Junichi