What kind of person would search for his missing hand for a quarter of a century? A strange one, you will likely answer. And no-one can deny that actor Christopher Walken is among the strangest to grace the silver screen. Ever. Walken is perfect for the lead role in this most peculiar play, as are the rest of the cast. Walken has appeared as a gangster, a Vietnam war vet, a pimp and an alien abductee! Needless to say Walken’s versatility and tendency toward the off-the-wall fill this play with the kind of insane slant it truly needs to be believed.

Anthony Mackie comes with a similar, if not slightly junior, pedigree. He played the role of Tupac Shakur in the movie Notorious, about the life of rapper Biggie Smalls. Mackie also played the unusual role of a man who runs a business providing IV fertilization to lesbians in Spike Lee’s She Hate Me, as well as African American homosexual artist in Brother to Brother. All in all Anthony Mackie comes to this original production of A Behanding in Spokane with all the prerequisites in place. He is another reason to buy A Behanding in Spokane tickets.

Zoe Kazan as Mackie’s con merchant sidekick is an interesting addition to the Behanding in Spokane cast. Het innocent features are an ideal fit for the part of an angel with a cold heart, so prepare for some electric exchanges between Walken and these two shady characters. Kazan has played a variety of roles in films as different as In the Valley of Elah, August, Me and Orson Welles and Revolutionary Road. She comes to the cast of A Behanding in Spokane ready for a stint on the live stage, having played a young temptress in Come Back, Little Sheba, her Broadway debut.

Sam Rockwell is known for a variety of roles, including that of child murderer Wild Bill Wharton in The Green Mile, a villain in Charlie’s Angels, and the title role in “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” Off-Broadway, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Rockwell is an enigmatic personality, and he will make a great snoopy motel manager, with his darkly obsessive vibe and preference for the anti-hero role.

All in all A Behanding in Spokane tickets will likely be among the top three sellers on Broadway this year. The cast and the plot are mesmerizing, and if you can find a more interesting production than this then you’re a better theater nut than me. The A Behanding in Spokane characters gel and generate a special kind of tension – the kind that breeds madness. And when you’re dealing with that live on stage before your eyes, it is always a treat and a relief that your theatre tickets were well worth their price.