This production, directed with a swiftness and understanding by Susan Arnold, firmly puts the struggling Beowulf back on the road to success after a few years of artistic decline.
Bill Epstein, left, captures Levene's deep fear of failure and Clark Ryan as smooth-talking Roma oozes oily charm in Beowulf Alley's production of "Glengarry Glen Ross." The David Mamet play speaks to today just as it did to the '80s.
Clark Andreas Ray's smooth-talking Romo was so slick you wanted to bathe after spending time with him. His scene with a weak-spined customer (a finely cast Jim Ambrosek) gave us a glimpse into the desperation-knows-no-ethics mind-set.
Bill Epstein captured the musicality of Mamet's language, and the character's deep fear of failure. He and Michael "Miko" Gifford as the unfeeling and emotionally removed boss Tony set the tone of anger and heartlessness that is pervasive throughout the 90-minute play.
Michael Fenlason's take as the manipulative Moss, a salesman anxious to have someone steal the leads and sell them to a competitor, hit all the right notes.
Filling out the cast and their characters were Tony Caprile as Aaronow, a salesman with little confidence and a world-weary soul, and Mark Klugheit in a small part as a no-nonsense detective trying to solve the crime of the office break-in.
