A Delicate Balance
A starry revival of Edward Albee 's A Delicate Balance is now on Broadway. The classic play features, as many Albee works do, smart people talking eloquently around relationships and their inherent issues. The conversations all take place in the living room "of a large and well-appointed suburban house. Now," program notes state, and over the course of one weekend (Friday night to early Sunday morning, to be exact). The home (sumptuous scenic design by Santo Loquasto ) belongs to Agnes ( Glenn Close ) and Tobias ( John Lithgow ). Agnes begins by theorizing about her demise, and whether or not one can know if s/he is crazy. It sets the stage for the many philosophical wars that will be waged, as Agnes's sister, Claire ( Lindsay Duncan ), a defiant drunk, stirs things up; Agnes and Tobias's daughter, Julia ( Martha Plimpton ), returns home, escaping another failing marriage; and old friends Harry and Edna ( Bob Balaban and Clare Higgins ) interpolate themse...