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Hiding in Plain Sight.("In a Dark Dark House"; play)(Critical essay)
In the introduction to his most recent play, "In a Dark Dark House" (at the Lucille Lortel)--a drama about two estranged but rivalrous brothers coming to terms with their memories of the past, including those of an abusive father--Neil LaBute remembers his own late father, a truck driver who specialized in long hauls, as "a man who scared me much of the time. . . . He had all the charm and chill of an antisocial personality that managed to remain hidden from most people but was on full display in the 'safety' of the family home." A legacy of baleful distrust dominates LaBute's internal landscape, as well as the terrain of his unsettling plays. "There's a great deal of my ...
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