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‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Broadway Review: Kieran Culkin, Bill Burr & Bob Odenkirk Break Bad In Unmissable Succession Of Cutthroats
Deadline's review of Broadway's 'Glengarry Glen Ross' starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Burr, Michael McKean, Donald Webber, Jr.
Culkin, Odenkirk, Burr and castmates Michael McKean, Donald Webber, Jr., Howard W. Overshown and John Pirruccello are so immersed and, yes, expert, in that sleazy, duplicitous and forever captivating world of ’80s Mametian that their combined talents turn the latest revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, opening tonight at the gorgeously renovated The Palace Theatre into something thrilling. Not that Glengarry is going to be everyone’s cup of Gimlet – the vagaries of its plot will forever keep some at arm’s length, as well all that toxic masculine bluster (oh, how I hope the rumors of an imminent all-female cast are true) – but for those willing to take a dive into this unique theatrical world written by a playwright at the peak of his most-likely bygone prime, well, here’s your chance. The synopsis, for those who haven’t seen or have been misled by the significantly altered 1992 film version with the newly created “Always Be Closing” Alec Baldwin character, is this: A third-rate Chicago real estate office, usually described as cutthroat or dog-eat-dog or kill-or-be-killed, is staffed by four salesmen – men being the operative word (for now) – who compete to sell mostly worthless properties to an ever decreasing pool of sap customers.
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