And comedy is played in unexpected keys. A grumpy self-made patriarch eats from an array of Chinese porcelain. His grandson is incapable of handling chopsticks. The notion of social change and economic change is reinforced as nonwhites move into traditionally Anglo-Saxon enclaves. T.J. Langley, Lisa May, Bradetta Vines, John Bianchi, Robin Dawn, Christine Sperry and Hing Lam.
Vines plays the woman who is encumbered by sexual freedom.
Langley is the son who is overwhelmed by his father's funeral plans. Lam and Yang are, respectively, the grumpy grandpa and his chopstick-impaired grandson. The Dining Room. By A.R. Gurney. 409 Seventh Ave.