he Sunset Limited is as basic as a play can be – two men, one question they try to answer. But when that question is “Is there a reason to go on?” and the discussion is guided by the immensely gifted hand of McCarthy, one question is plenty.

The play is set off when a professor named White tries to commit suicide by throwing himself in front of the title train and is saved by a faith-driven ex-con named Black. When Black takes White home to his tenement apartment to mull the meaning of life, they find their ideas meld into shades of gray.