Subject: Unexpectedly wise ‘Guys’ Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:24 am
Some plays can stretch a tiny plot for hours. They finally grind to a halt, and you’re still wondering what the heck they were trying to say. And then there’s Alena Smith’s “The Bad Guys”: At a mere 90 minutes, it has enough ideas and potential story lines to fill five plays. This Second Stage Uptown production is too scattered, but it’s also often insightful, and far from boring.