Clifford Odets’ masterpiece, starring Mark Ruffalo, Richard Kind and Ben Gazzara, brings alive the struggles of a working-class family aspiring towards the promise of the American Fantasy. Even while they withstand the country’s worst financial nightmare, three generations of an immigrant family members are crowded right into a Bronx tenement, fiercely determined to remain afloat, no real matter what the cost.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast functionality featuring:

Emily Bergl mainly because Hennie Berger

Ben Gazzara mainly because Jacob

Jonathan Hadary as Myron Berger

Jane Kaczmarek while Bessie Berger

Richard Kind mainly because Uncle Morty

Peter Kybart simply because Schlosser

Mark Ruffalo as Moe Axelrod

Raphael Sbarge as Sam Feinschreiber

Peter Smith simply because Ralph Berger

Directed by Bartlett Sher. Recorded before a live market on the Skirball Cultural Middle, Los Angeles.