THE REALISTIC JONESES at the Lyceum Theatre

(Seen April 15, 2014)

Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall, Tracey Lett and Marisa Tomei play the two Jones' families, next-door neighbors living in a small town in the shadow of some mountains.  They each have secrets in their lives, some of which we learn.  

There is a lot of clever and quirky dialogue as their lives unravel --- but the non-sequitur,  disjointed talk goes nowhere.  The play is missing structure and development as we learn some tid-bits of who they are.  But since we only get to know them superficially, we don't really care about them.

Clever repartee doesn't add up to a play.  Will Eno's script short-changes his versatile, personable and accomplished cast.