Glengarry Glen Ross
Opening Night: March 31, 2025
Theater: Palace Theatre
Website: www.glengarryonbroadway.com
A group of Chicago real-estate salesmen battle ruthlessly for the big deal in David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
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March 31, 2025
It’s not just because this is such a patchy production, or because Odenkirk and McKean are nevertheless so good in it, that the losers make the biggest impressions. The winners, once glamorous, now have nothing new to show us. Whether in desperation or dignity, the defeated now do.
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April 1, 2025
[Patrick Marber’s] sharp direction wrings the proper amount of brashness, bullying and dark comedy from the ensemble as they stomp around the toxic office playground.
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March 31, 2025
Polished, starry, and with nothing to say, this Glengarry sells a McMansion, neither a scam nor a Palace.
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March 31, 2025
What’s missing from this revival of Glengarry Glen Ross is that sense of knife-edge despair that might have made the play seem as harrowing as it is darkly funny. That probably won’t matter to the theatergoers paying top dollar to see their favorite television and stand-up comedy stars in person. For some of them, this may be their first encounter with this classic play, and they could do worse. But this new Glengarry never quite makes a successful pitch for its bill of goods.
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March 31, 2025
Culkin, Odenkirk, Burr and castmates Michael McKean, Donald Webber, Jr., Howard W. Overshown and John Pirruccello are so immersed and, yes, expert, in that sleazy, duplicitous and forever captivating world of ’80s Mametian that their combined talents turn the latest revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, opening tonight at the gorgeously renovated The Palace Theatre into something thrilling.
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March 31, 2025
In the main, this is a surprisingly humane “Glengarry” — and that’s no criticism, but it does mean this production is a bit of a surprise.
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March 31, 2025
The underpowered revival of the show at the cavernous Palace Theatre could certainly use some caffeine. And heat. That the workplace play, on Broadway for the fourth time, opened last night is appropriate. This is, after all, a production suffering from a severe case of the Mondays.
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Individually, all give sharp-elbowed, effective performances even if, under the direction of Patrick Marber, this staging never quite develops the head of steam that could keep the tension rising throughout the play’s brisk running time of less than two hours, including intermission.
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March 31, 2025
Because it is so tautly and distinctively written, and since most of the actors are good, Glengarry Glen Ross still basically works; it still hooks you in. But it doesn’t seal the deal.
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At one hour 45 minutes, it’s well paced, the technical designs are appropriately realistic and it’s as funny now as it ever was.
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Glengarry, which feels painfully small in the vast theater, still packs a punch, thanks to Mamet’s beautifully crafted dialogue and its blistering depiction of toxic masculinity that feels even more relevant in today’s social and political climate.
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The result is a zippy production that might not exactly break the mold or push its cast outside of their career-established comfort zones, but still buzzes with life and unexpected humor all the same.
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Glengarry Glen Ross may have lost some of its capacity to surprise over the past four decades, but the new revival offers a tribute to its durability. The setting, the lines and the tragedy of normal men attempting to hard-charge their way through decaying capitalism can remain the same, while the actors find new ways to sell it.
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March 31, 2025
The curtain image is a clever wink to audiences likely more familiar with the movie than with previous stage incarnations. But this punchy revival — directed with surgical precision by Patrick Marber and played by an ideally cast ensemble firing on all cylinders and pinging off one another with camaraderie that often curdles into contempt — doesn’t need the nostalgic assist.
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March 31, 2025
All three performers can weasel, bully, and talk a blue streak, and all are skilled at providing internal drive to text that can feel elliptical, coded, or without obvious dramatic action.
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March 31, 2025
The production, directed by Patrick Marber, feels both dated and absolutely of the political and cultural moment of now.
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With a dynamite cast firing on all cylinders, these “Glengarry” leads are ultimately worth the investment.
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Culkin, though, has a staccato delivery, a halting rhythm and an innate sense of vulnerability, all qualities that have made him a much-cherished star. But they don’t easily make a Ricky Roma, and his work in the role, although far from sloppy or embarrassing, throws off the rhythms of the play. He’s been miscast.
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March 31, 2025
“Glengarry” still crackles with vicious energy, bitter humor, and brutal truths about American ambition. This sharp, superbly cast production doesn’t just close deals—it slams the door.
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What was once a fast-paced, no-holds-barred drama in which the plot takes on life-or-death stakes for its characters now feels like another day at the office. This Glengarry Glen Ross has no sense of urgency, place, or purpose.
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“I know I’ve let you down,” James says, to the man who has just hoodwinked him. Thanks to its better performances, this “Glengarry Glen Ross,” if not as sizzling as fans might have hoped, doesn’t disappoint accordingly.
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