The longest silence in "The Lyons," Nicky Silver's scathing comedy of familial malevolence, is the one that follows the line: "Let's talk about something pleasant." The Lyons, pieces of work one and all, are not programmed for pleasant. Gathered around the hospital bed of the dying patriarch Ben (a heartily, baroquely foulmouthed John Lescault), his brood is ever-ready to go nuclear, especially wife Rita (Naomi Jacob…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:26AM on December 5, 2013