Conor McPherson is a master storyteller, whose previous works -- including The Seafarer, The Weir, The Good Thief, and This Lime Tree Bower -- spun tales of ordinary men in both mundane and extraordinary circumstances. In Port Authority, his trio of interwoven monologues now being presented by the Atlantic Theater Company, the playwright creates sharply etched portraits of three different Irishmen who experience desire, loss and regret. Ably directed by Henry Wishcamper, the play is brought brilliantly to life by John Gallagher, Jr., Brian d'Arcy James, and Jim Norton.

Gallagher portrays Kevin, a young man who has just moved out of his parents' home and into a flat shared by three other pe[...]