We know the name of the man on stage, but we don’t know much else about him — he constantly revises his opinions and his portrayal of himself. In the acclaimed Off-Broadway play Thom Pain (based on nothing), playwright Will Eno explores some of the darker and lonelier corners of the soul. Eno and actor James Urbaniak talked with Kurt Andersen about what it takes to put on a one-man show.
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