Ask actor Denis O’Hare how he’ll spread the word that his one-man show “An Iliad,” is must-see theater, and he shrugs. “Sexier posters?” he asks. Along with co-author and director Lisa Peterson, O’Hare has taken Robert Fagles’s translation as the basis for a complete re-invention of the Greek classic. The result is a tour de force that has already sold out its off-Broadway run. O’Hare, known for his starring roles on TV in True Blood and American Horror Story alternates performances with the equally extraordinary Stephen Spinella. “Friends coming to see it always ask me if they need to read something first,” O’Hare says. “I say, ‘No, we take care of that. Don’t worry about it. We’ll fill you in.’”
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