Burn This is a play by
Lanford Wilson.
It begins shortly after the
funeral of Robbie, a young
gay dancer who
drowned in a boating accident. In attendance were his
roommates,
choreographer Anna and
ad man Larry. Soon joining them in Robbie's lower-
Manhattan loft are
screenwriter Burton, Anna's longtime lover, and Pale, Robbie's
coke-snorting,
hyperactive restaurant manager brother. In the face of their shared
tragedy, the quartet attempts to make sense of their lives and reconsider their own identities and relationships.
Commissioned by the
Circle Repertory Company, the
off-Broadway production, directed by
Marshall W. Mason, opened on
February 19,
1987 at Theatre 890. The cast included
Jonathan Hogan,
Joan Allen,
John Malkovich, and
Lou Liberatore.