Lyle Kessler

‘Orphans’ Offers Fine Actors Playing Synthetic Power Games

Lyle Kessler’s 1985 play “Orphans,” making its Broadway debut starring Alec Baldwin, remains a tiresome mix of pilfered Pinter and stolen Shepard enlivened by flashy performances.

‘Collision’ Runs Into Its Own Brick Wall

Lyle Kessler’s new play “Collision,” from the Amoralists at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, starts strongly as a black comedy about American rage but devolves into dank melodrama.