"The Country Girl" at American Century Theater
Clifford Odets' 1950 play examines the lives of a once-promising actor derailed by alcoholism, a hotshot director determined to give the actor a chance to start over, and the actor's supportive but emotionally drained wife. American Century Theater in Arlington, Virginia, tries hard, but Steven Scott Mazzola's direction too often is inert and the lead performances aren't powerful enough to bring the characters to lif…