A comedy of the dysfunctional-family variety, "Stick Fly" offers a fair share of laughter and some enjoyable performances but not much in the way of distinction. The author sets out a typical template ...

HBO has had much success turning such notable plays as “Wit,” “Dinner with Friends” and “Angels in America” into cable-movie events. Now the premium cable channel is reportedly setting its sight on ...

The central drama in Lydia R. Diamond’s banal and tedious comedic play, “Stick Fly,” is not the wise-cracking, Neil Simon-influenced male characters (even when one of them takes a nap, it’s funny in ...

Stick Fly follows the LeVays, an affluent African American family who come together to spend a weekend at their stately Martha's Vineyard mansion. The adult sons, aspiring novelist Kent and golden boy ...