Marc Miller takes a look at Beckett Briefs at Irish Repertory Theatre:
The house at Irish Repertory Theatre is less than full, and the end-of-evening applause, at best, polite. There's my argument: Do less Samuel Beckett! But Irish Rep is on something of a Beckett roll, having served up a recent Bill Irwin double helping of Endgame (opposite a formidable John Douglas Thompson) and Irwin's On Beckett lecture. Now we have Beckett Briefs, three one-acts climaxing in a turn by a genuine movie star. To some, including me, it may reek of existential overload, but Beckett Briefs is a relatively painless, if baffling, 75 minutes, and probably pretty good Beckett. If Beckett's what you're into. |
