'The Christians' review: Compact, provocative play about faith
When a big, modern, evangelical church with a charismatic preacher has a crisis -- at least in a play -- it is hard not to expect another sex or embezzlement scandal. This is far from the case, fortunately, in "The Christians," Lucas Hnath's compact and thoughtfully provocative drama that comes to Playwrights Horizons after a 2014 premiere at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.