Interpersonal/ideological conflict also fuels Lanford Wilson's Burn This, at the Huntington Theatre November 12 - December 12. The 1987 play, which Wilson revamped for "his" season at New York's Signature Theatre in 2002, hinges on volatile pairings. In the original, Joan Allen and John Malkovich played Anna, a repressed dancer, and Pale, the berserk brother of her recently deceased gay roommate; Catherine Keener and Edward Norton electrified the recent reprise. It will be interesting to see what kind of sparks fly between Michael T. Weiss (best known for playing Jared in the TV series The Pretender) and Anne Torsiglieri (who starred opposite John C. Reilly in the Huntington's world premiere of the musical Marty two seasons back). Larry De Wolf (co-writer and co-star of the hilarious pseudodoc Lisa Picard Is Famous) is on hand to provide hyper-gay comic relief. The ensemble will be steered by Susan Fenichell, founding artistic Director of New York's edgy Hopeful Monsters.

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