What a piece of work is this Telemachus, the Hamlet-like brooder of playwright Jason Gray Platt's modern family tragedy, "Crown of Shadows: The Wake of Odysseus." Spoiled and sullen, he buries his head in books and sneers at the parade of craven suitors who waltz through his house, seeking to annex the bedroom of his regal mother, Penelope, and thereby assume control of their sun-baked island. Read full article >…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:25PM on April 18, 2012