Two longtime friends in New York City struggle with their relationship, which has become contentious after years of mistrust and resentment over professional and personal failures.

When Jake says that he does not have the money, the two engage in an all-night conversation about their respective art, past and present loves, and the directions that their lives are heading.

It was produced by Robert Barash, directed by David Margulies, starred Al Pacino as Harry Levine, and Marvin Silbersher as Jacob Manheim.

[4] The play later premiered at the Circle in the Square Theatre on Broadway in 1992, directed by Arvin Brown, with Pacino reprising his role as Harry Levine, and Charles Cioffi cast as Jacob Manheim.

Shot almost exclusively as a one-to-one conversation between the two main characters, it chronicles friendship, love, loss and humor of daily life.