REVIEW: Art makes for wicked comedy at Persephone

Art
Persephone Theatre
Sept. 13-27
“What are you seeing at Persephone?” my wife asked.
“Art,” I said.
She thought I was being pretentious when I was being literal. That’s one of the lines of tension that keeps Art, the play, aloft.
Serge (Kevin Williamson) buys a white painting (he refuses — refuses — to say it’s white) for the equivalent of $65,000.
His friend Marc (Rob van Meenen) hates it. In fact, he doesn’t just hate it, it makes hi