Written by Stephen Belber
Directed by David Schwimmer
Synopsis:
Whole Foods, Edie Brickell and mini-hot dogs abound in this dark and twisted new play, in which a seemingly ordinary boys night out turns sour for two friends when a stranger forces them to delineate the boundaries between loyalty, conviction, and betrayal.
NEW YORK TIMES:
"Mr. Belber sets up his themes skillfully, and his punchy, jocular dialogue displays a sensitive ear for language. Relying on a constant series of probing questions, the play, however, can get monotonous, almost like a courtroom drama. "
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NEW YORK POST:
"But the play eventually falls victim to its own fault lines, resembling a tired Agatha Christie mystery with its increasingly preposterous plot twists. "
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THEATERMANIA:
"For a while, one wonders if the playwright is simply planning a threesome variation on Edward Albee's The Zoo Story; but happily for the audience, he's concocted something far more intricate -- a play that will have spectators literally gasping as surprise succeeds surprise. "
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VARIETY:
"Not everything has to be "Uncle Vanya," of course, but Belber seems less interested in his characters than in what hoops they can jump through, so there's a basic lack of depth to these people that only a very good cast and a strong directorial hand can amend. Thankfully, this production has both."
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NEWSDAY:
"Unfortunately, most of Stephen Belber's 85-minute play feels too much like early David Mamet, especially his glib look at truth-telling among shallow people, "Sexual Perversity in Chicago." If that weren't dispiriting enough, the play ends with a surprise twist straight out of such Neil Labute shockers as "bash" and "The Shape of Things." "
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amNY:
"So while the play admittedly does pick up steam and become an amusing, if predictable, exercise in surprise and moral debate, it offers nothing that you haven't seen before. "
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BACKSTAGE:
"At its best, Fault Lines re-creates the squirmy discomfort one must have felt sitting through the original productions of Albee's once shocking plays... "
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