Burn This

Burn This is a play by Lanford Wilson. Like many of Wilson's plays, it deals with themes of gay identity and relationships.

The play begins shortly after the funeral of Robbie, a young, gay dancer who drowned in a boating accident with his lover Dom. In attendance were Robbie's roommates: his sensitive dance partner and choreographer]], Anna, and confident gay 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. Anna learns to be independent and self-confident; she pursues her interest in choreography and begins a relationship with Pale, breaking off her dispassionate relationship with her longtime boyfriend.

Burn This was commissioned by the Circle Repertory Company. The play premiered Off-Broadway on February 19, 1987, at Theatre 890. Directed by Marshall W. Mason, the cast featured Jonathan Hogan, Joan Allen, John Malkovich, and Lou Liberatore. This production won the 1988 Henry Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design, John Lee Beatty. The play was initially produced by Center Theatre Group at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, California in 1987, also directed by Marshall Mason.

The play transferred to Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre, opening on October 14, 1987 and closing on October 29, 1988 after 437 performances and seven previews. Again directed by Mason the same cast appeared in the Broadway production. The cast was replaced by Lisa Emery, Scott Glenn, Lonny Price and Eric Roberts as of October 14, 1987.

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