American Buffalo
Written by Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly
Irish Repertory Theatre
April 1, 2022
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💉💉💉💉 out of 5.

It is always magical to see a David Mamet play done well.  It is great to see the very specific, graphic and course language of David Mamet be delivered as street poetry and not just a string of expletives.  The ugliness of the language takes on a certain beauty in gifted hands – and these hands were gifted!  Laurence Fishburne as Donny and Sam Rockwell as Teach were perfect in their roles.  They played a mad, intense game of tennis batting their lines and intent back and forth in perfect form.  I had a little trouble with Darren Criss as Bobby – perhaps because he is so indelibly connected to this role in Glee – or perhaps it was just the character of Bobby.  He just looked like he was in another play.