This Pulizer Prize, Tony Award, Drama Desk winning play is pretty funny.  One of Ephman's favorite theatre, Steppenwolf, out of Chicago put ths beauty on.  Eventhough the play shuts down on Broadway on June 28th, 2009, there is a tour getting ready to go out on the road. 

This is a powerful dark comedy about a family reunion of sorts due to the death of the patriarch of the family of a seriously messed up family.  John Cullum has been playing roles set in HOT environments (remember 110 In The Shade?) on Broadway, and he doesn't dissapoint here.  Every character complains about the heat!  John has a short part, but plays Beverly, a cynical but warm and funny poet.  Mrs. Huxtable plays the matriarch Violet.  It is as if she got the inspiration to play this role from Bill Cosby's Jello Pop's commericals on crack.  The real stand out is Amy Morton who plays the eldest daugher.  Amy is a truly fantastic actress, and a Steppenwolf veteran, and part of the Chicago and Broadway original cast.

Beware, this is a 3 hour play.  But relax... there's a couple intermissions.  This play is so good, especially with the banter that goes on between the character that it's unfortunate that the play seems to fly by fast.  One of the finest scene's Ephman has ever seen on Broadway was the dinner scene.  The set was really cool as well.  It was if the designers built this massive 3 story "doll house" for each room.  But most of the scenes take place in the livingroom on the ground.  Can't say there was any really innovative about the costume's or the set, but it wasn't that type of play.