Gore Vidal's The Best Man
There's something comforting about being reminded, every so often, of that old saying, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Gore Vidal's 1960 chestnut The Best Man, currently easing into the final stretch of its excessively star-studded revival at the Schoenfeld Theatre, is, at its best, a testament to the best and worst aspects of that adage. Almost half a century ago, the play reminds us, American…