Waiting For the Sunrise, Real Rain Productions, at the Athenaeum Theatre. There’s way too much going on in Richard Ford’s “world premiere” (a phrase that’s starting to give me stomach cramps). The rivalry between two brothers–power-hungry politician David (John Fenner Mays) and cuddly professor Arthur (Michael Kass)–is depicted as a medieval duel, a good start. David is scheming to get his brother fired so that the younger man will agree to run his campaign. Not likely, but we’ll go with it. Then comes an influx of wives, ex-wives, scandals, love scenes, parents rising from the dead, and other phantoms swirling around with no real explanation or purpose; everyone spouts slogans like “The future is the past” and “Life is not for the meek,” rolling on and on until you suspect that this may never end. Two and a half hours later, it does.
