The Idiot, en route to France and Greece, caught his actor son Luke in a new play called Boxing Lessons in Hollywood this weekend. After recently seeing him perform in contemporary versions of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Othello and Pericles, it was amusing and relaxing to again catch him in a comedy.
Think your family would be dysfunctional after the patriarch takes his own life and dark secrets are revealed?
Check out Boxing Lessons at The New American Theater in Hollywood. The Los Angeles Times didn’t compare it to the Avengers: Endgame but it’s a fun ride from start to finish.

Boxing Lessons in the Los Angeles Times.

Here’s how to have some boxing lessons without throwing a punch.

The Idiot’s son Luke (right) and brother Kip outside The New American Theater before a performance of Boxing Lessons.

The Idiot’s brother Kip reads the Boxing Lessons program before the riotous one-act play kicks off.

The set of Boxing Lessons before the first line is spoken.

The cast of Boxing Lessons.
(Photo: The New American Theater)

A scene from Boxing Lessons at The New American Theater in Hollywood.
(Photo: The New American Theater)

The Idiot’s son Luke during the curtain call after Boxing Lessons in Hollywood.