Playhouse on Park - January 2011

By Yazmina Reza
Translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Tom Ridgely
Set and Costume Design by Amanda Jesse

Serge has just indulged his penchant for modern art by buying a large, expansive and almost blank white painting.  Marc is horrified, and their relationship suffers considerable strain.  Yvan is caught in the middle, trying to please and mollify each of them.  From beginning to end, Art is a dazzling array of crackling language and a witty and intelligent exploration of the complexities of friendship and a provocative and profound debate about the rules that dictate art.  It won the Oliver and Tony Award for Best Play.