The American Plan, a play by Richard Greenberg at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (formerly the Biltmore), starring Mercedes Ruehl and Lily Rabe, directed by David Grindley. The Manhattan Theatre Club really strikes theatrical gold in this revival of one of Richard Greenberg's finest plays. A five hander, the principals are two tortured women, a mother and daughter, two tortured men, and a knowing servant who observes it all, during one fateful summer at the Catskills in the 1960's. Is the mother played by Mercedes Ruehl a monster? Is the daughter, played by Lily Rabe, crazy? And just what do the men really want? Much of this is answered as the play unfolds, but some secrets are not revealed and this fine edge is what makes the play so rich and satisfying. The performances by the great Mercedes Ruehl and the beautiful, ever rising, Lily Rabe are sizzling. A good unit set, though I was fatigued by the repetitious monotony of it. Tremendous, riveting entertainment. Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test Grade A-