The Revival of Landford Wilson's "Burn This" Starring Adam Driver and Keri Russel is a Bust

Lanford Wilson (b. Amer 1937-2011) has received 3 Tony nominations and a Pulitzer ("Talley's Folly").  Among Wilson's many honors is being elected to the Theater Hall of Fame.  It's unfortunate the revival of Wilson's 1987 play "Burn This" is a disappointingly dull and uneven production.  Wilson involves themes of gay life; it's acceptance and homophobic conceptions in his works.  Set in 1987, during the AID's epidemic the impact of homosexual lifestyles may have been more inflammatory.  The play begins just after Robbie's funeral in upstate NY attended by one of his roommates, Anna (Keri Russel.)  Anna is an aspiring dancer/choreographer who lived and worked with Robbie.  When Larry (Brandon Uranowitz) the other gay roommate sharing the loft in lower Manhattan returns home, they commiserates over the death of their friend Robbie.   Anna's scorns Robbie's family for never having seen Robbie dance or seeing him as gay.  Anna's longtime debonair boyfriend Burton (David Furr) is a successful script writer.  Anna's passion for Burton and for her work in dance have been simmering on a back burner.  Pale (Adam Driver) Robbie's older brother enters into Anna & Larry's loft at 3AM weeks later awakening them & igniting Anna's sexual desires and artistic creativity.  But there's no credibility to the chemistry between Anna and Pale.  The draw of Driver & Russel drew me to the play but their pas de deus didn't flair.  Russel plays too demure & soft-spoken to Driver's looming boorish presence.  The overall acting was arid The only real sparks of energy in the play came from the funny, inextinguishable roommate Larry.  The 2 Act 4 character play didn't mess and was overly long.   Uranowitz added hilarity into a triangle love story that didn't muster romance from any angle.  Unfortunately, Uranowitz was the only reason to see this soddened, dated play.  Wilson flittered around the themes of homosexual lifestyles.  Perhaps Wilson was making the points that gays are delegated to 2nd class citizenship.  This revival of "Burn This" was a far reach from being epic, it was a calamity.