The Little Venice Makes a Good Drink

The American master of serio-farce, Leonard Melfi, whose gems (such as Encounters and Birdbath) continue to sparkle in our repertoire, is at it again with what may be his greatest play yet. His characters feast on a lavish, hedonistic spread while they are devoured by old fashioned guilt. They reach out lustily to embrace lovers in the outside world but inevitably retreat to the sanctuary of that family home and the only people who ultimately understand them: each other.