The Other Americans Is Earnest, Heartfelt, and a Mess

Photo: Joan Marcus On the way out of The Other Americans, the new drama written by and starring John Leguizamo, I overheard a man about my age talking to his friend as they shuffled up the aisle. "If that isn't my family," he said, trailing off. He looked a little shell-shocked. I don't know what he thought of the play as a play, but he had seen something of his own experience on stage and it had moved him. Sadly, that's probably the only way anyone seeing Leguizamo's attempt at a hefty American family tragedy à la Arthur Miller or August Wilson is going to be moved. The show . . .