Are you in Boston? See this.

Ivy: “We’re all just people, some of us accidentally connected by genetics, a random selection of cells. Nothing more.”

Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, which won the Tony for Best Play in 2008, is currently playing at Boston’s Colonial Theatre. The play centers around the Weston family, who come together when their patriarch, Beverly, goes missing. The matriarch, Violet, is played by Estelle Parsons (who is 82 years old, please note) and she is fantastic. Violet is addicted to prescription drugs and is barely coherent in several scenes, slurring her words and stumbling around the house. A two-story staircase is the focus of the set, and Violet barrels her way down in the classic move that everyone has tried when they’re inebriated; she’s on the verge of losing complete control of her limbs, but if she just moves fast enough, maybe she’ll make it to the bottom in one piece. Actually, that’s a great way to think of every character in this play.

This show is around 3 hours, 30 minutes (with two intermissions). It’s dark and vicious and extremely funny. The entire cast is wonderful. Do yourself a favor and see it, because it’s only here until Sunday. Tickets are available through ArtsBoston.

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