Charles McNulty: David Mamet just tested a new play in LA. Why you didn't hear about it

LOS ANGELES - You might be surprised to learn that David Mamet recently tested a new play he wrote and directed at the Odyssey Theatre with a mouthwatering cast that included his wife, Rebecca Pidgeon, Emmy winner William H. Macy and stage veteran Fionnula Flanagan, who was nominated for a Tony Award last year for her performance in "The Ferryman."

I was surprised to find out about "The Christopher Boy's Communion," which ended its two-week run in a hush on Sunday. Word about the production came to me not through the show's publicist, who normally isn't shy about sending me information, but through that harder-to-control pathway of rumor.

I got the skinny a few weeks ago at a dinner party attended by some prominent members of the L.A. theater community. The