
American Buffalo (2008)
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David Mamet’s searing, profane classic 'American Buffalo' received a high-profile, muscular Broadway revival at the Belasco Theatre in 2008. The intense, fast-paced plot unfolds over a single day inside a dusty, claustrophobic Chicago junk shop, tracking three volatile, small-time hustlers as they plot a paranoid, completely botched burglary to steal a valuable coin collection from a local customer, turning a petty heist into a savage critique of American corporate capitalism. Directed by Robert Falls, this star-powered production was anchored by the raw, highly anticipated dramatic casting of Hollywood icon John Leguizamo as the unstable "Teach," performing alongside Cedric the Entertainer and Haley Joel Osment.

