The Ask
The Ask, playing through November 22 at Theater 555, is ostensibly an “electrifying” play about the role of money in politics, and contrasting attitudes thereto, even among people of the same political persuasion. It is not. I’m sorry, but I have to say I’m utterly confounded as to why this play was written. It’s like a slow death. There is no build, no conflict, no fight in which to have a dog. …