'Columnist' gets off to a bumpy start
by Robert Sokol Joseph Alsop was a polarizing figure in the Washington, D.C. press throughout the middle of the last century. Charmingly convivial one minute and harshly critical the next, he was astute and oblivious, publicly married and clandestinely gay. He should be a compelling dramatic figure onstage. As written by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Auburn ("Proof"), the seeds of a powerful play are in th…