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Something is rotten in a little house on an island off the Irish coast.

Sean Bell and Kate Mulgrew in ‘The Beacon.’

Why is a local true crime podcaster (David Mattar Merten) interested in the death of Bievs ex-husband?

Ibsens in the family tree, and ONeill; so are Tracy Letts and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

Jesus, moans Colm at his mother, Always with the melodrama.

The word need not be derogatory, but inThe Beacons case theres no help for it.

Like Beiv, Harris paints with a broad, overloaded brush.

A director could help to offset this heavy-handedness somewhat, but Marc Atkinson Borrull only doubles down.

Supposed to be funny?

The Beaconis at the Irish Repertory Theatre through November 3.

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