Conor McPherson and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Chase Their Tales

Doug Hamilton

They missed the love bus: Gallagher Jr., Norton, and d'Arcy James in Port Authority.

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Port Authority
By Conor McPherson
Atlantic Theater
336 West 20th Street
212-279-4200

Good Boys and True
By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Second Stage
307 West 43rd Street
212-246-4422

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More About

• Conor McPherson
• Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
• Tennessee Williams
• Theatrical Plays
• Theater

Scott Ellis's production, pushing everyone firmly along single-trait lines, doesn't help. Smith-Cameron, like Christopher Abbott as the school's resident gay victim, effectively pumps out a steady flow of neurasthenia; Smith conveys the hero's obstinacy with conviction; only Kellie Overbey, as his aunt, appears interested in finding the multiple facets of her role. One can't blame them for seeming to bang on doors that the playwright keeps stubbornly locked tight.