'The Underlying Chris' Theater Review: Will Eno Goes Full Hallmark

In his 2014 comedy “The Open House,” Will Eno offered up a real coup de theatre when he had a bickering family slowly replaced on stage by characters interested in buying their house. As one family member after another left the house to go on an errand, the actor playing that role would soon reappear as a potential house buyer, real estate agent or contractor. Eno’s new play, “The Underlying Chris,” opened Thursday at Second Stage, and the playwright is back in an inventive mode. Chris...