Glengarry Glen Ross review: Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirks play isbleepingunderwhelming

One hour and 45 minutes, with one intermission.At the Palace Theatre, 160 West 47th Street.David Mamet’s classic line “Coffee is for closers only” isn’t actually uttered in his play “Glengarry Glen Ross.” Alec Baldwin says it only in the movie.However, the underpowered revival of the show at the cavernous Palace Theatre could certainly use some caffeine.

And heat.That the workplace play, on Broadway for the fourth time, opened last night is appropriate.This is, after all, a production suffering from a severe case of the Mondays.It’s Mamet, so the “f–k”s still fly.

But what are normally big laughs turn into polite titters, and explosive tempers are destructively tempered. The should-be scorcher of a story about sleazy, lying, ruthless Chicago real-estate salesmen who will commit crimes and ruin lives to close a deal is as laid-back as a work-from-home Friday.Criminally underwhelming.   Why, then, is “Glengarry Glen Ross” such a tough and pricey ticket? As with Denzel Washington’s oh-so-dull “Othello” a block away, the draw is its formidable celebrity cast. The wrinkled suits of these foul-mouthed cheats and backstabbers are worn, this time around, by Oscar winner Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Burr and Michael McKean.That’s not stunt casting.

The popular actors all are a sensible fit in this grimy underworld of dodgy hucksters, even if some are more right for their characters than others.Seemingly made for Mamet, Culkin cursed at breakneck speed for four seasons on “Succession.” Odenkirk is no stranger to amoral behavior, having been con artist-turned-lawyer Saul Goodman on “Better Call Saul.” Comedian Burr’s resting state is furious, and McKean, onstage and screen, has a knack for regular Joes.What a shame, then, that all of them are undermined by the worst piece of casting in the show — the Palace Theatre.This is not some sprawling epic.“Glengarry Glen Ross” is a play with a first act con...