Loose Ends,” currently being revived at the Second Stage, is Michael Weller’s play about privileged, vacuous, self-absorbed people trying to figure out what to do with their lives and with each other. Paul (Terry Kinney) and Susan (Jane Kaczmarek) meet briefly on a beach in Bali in 1970, have sex, and think about traveling around together. (They decide not to.) Over the next nine years, they meet again, wonder about whether or not to shack up together, shack up, marry, and divorce. During that time, we watch them sit around with various friends and relatives, drinking beer, smoking or not Continue reading

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