http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/christopher+walken IrishCentral christopher walken en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/culture-pop/walken-in-martin-mcdonaghs-a-behanding-in-spokane-90976679.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/culture-pop/walken-in-martin-mcdonaghs-a-behanding-in-spokane-90976679.html Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:30:23 PDT Playwright Martin McDonagh is well known for going more than a little off the rails When I first saw his work onstage, in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, I was alternately shocked, terrified, and absolutely gleeful with laughterHis recent work, A Behanding in Spokane, now on Broadway starring Christopher Walken, prompts many of the same reactions It's a claustrophobic play taking place in a dingy hotel room, with four characters: Walken as Carmichael, an eccentric if not certifiable and imposing character 47 years into a search for his amputated hand, Sam Rockwell as Mervyn, the hotel clerk, Zoe Kazan as "the girl", Marilyn, and Anthony Mackie as "the black guy", Toby READ MORE ]]>