Tambo thinks he can change minds. Bones thinks it’s all about the money. Since Fauntleroy is the more accomplished performer, it’s not much of a contest.

Tambo & Bones Through Feb. 27 at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan; playwrightshorizons.org. Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes. Maya Phillips is a critic at large.

Dave Harris' 'Tambo & Bones' opens at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in a world-premiere production with Playwrights Horizons.