Conversations in Tusculum
Description
The title of Richard Nelson’s new historical drama is unimpeachably accurate: The play consists of nothing more than characters in a Roman suburb, in 45 B.C., talking about what is to be done (or not to be done) about the power-hungry Julius Caesar. Even seasoned actors like Aidan Quinn (Brutus), David Strathairn (Cassius) and Brian Dennehy (Cicero) can’t make their chatter feel immediate and compelling. Taken line by line, Conversations in Tusculum has an undeniable dignity, sincerity and sense of public duty, but as a whole it is impressively, comprehensively dull.—Jeff Lewonczyk
When
Mar 30 2008 7pm