His Broadway play raved about and sold out
The Spoils really is HIS play: writer and lead actor. My wife bought the tickets based on the NY Times review. A clever, stark, perfectly-cast, extremely funny and ultimately intensely moving play.
My wife didnt know who Jesse Eisenberg is, and I had no forewarning he was in it. I was lucky to first catch him in Adventureland where he had a likeable romantic story arc with Kristen Stewart. In other movies, he accepts to play with sharper elbows.
We'd see him again, and again, in stage parts anything like this, and based on the twists and turns of The Spoils we'd rate him a quite brilliant writer.