AMERICAN BUFFALO Doesn’t Tame its Beast — REVIEW
Following the non-events after a junk shop owner begins to suspect the buffalo nickel he recently sold might be worth more than the amount paid, David Mamet’s American Buffalo has given a who’s who of actors great reasons to curse and yell at each other. There’s nothing wrong with plays in which not much happens, but with Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, and Darren Criss up for sale, there’s no reason for this Neil Pepe-directed revival to lowball an audience this badly.
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