David Lindsay-Abaire Risked Enraging His Neighbors With ‘The Balusters.’ It Was Worth It
Bring it, The Balusters does. Over the course of four months, the board members squabble over speed humps versus bumps, racial profiling, homophobia, neighborhood surveillance, PETA, nepotism, a baby named Rocket, and—yes—period-inappropriate balusters. Alliances form. “White girl tears” are shed. Identity politics surface and resurface. Faux pas and microaggressions abound.Lindsay-Abaire is used...














