“Art” Challenges Friendship in Explosive French Comedy—at Shotgun
Yasmina Reza Provokes Questions on Modern Art, Modern Friends by Emily S. Mendel The long-time platonic friendship of three mid-life men is tested in the Tony Award-winning one-act “Art” (Best Play, 1998). The seemingly tight relationship blows up when the three white Parisians take sides when dermatologist Serge (Benoît Monin) purchases an expensive abstract painting….