"Brendan at the Chelsea" Offers a Portrait of the Poet-Playwright Best Suited for His Fans
Maybe if I'd known more about Brendan Behan, I would have had a better time at Brendan at the Chelsea, the gloomy drama about the Irish poet and playwright Brendan Behan that's playing at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre through Oct. 6. Because the audience at the performance my friend Ellie and I attended, filled with Behan fans so devoted that they actually mouthed some of his famous lines along with the actor…