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    Superior Donuts

    The plot may be a familiar one, but Tracy Letts' new play, set in a Chicago doughnut shop, is populated with believable, lovable characters. Tasty and fresh as a doughnut right out of the oven.

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    Love, Loss, and What I Wore

    Nora and Delia Ephron's play about women's relationships with their clothing is a perfect fit for Off-Broadway.

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    Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet

    David Mamet forsakes profanity to mine laughs in ancient Rome and twist words at a modern school. The results are hilarious.

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    Vigil

    The plot of this two-hander screams "sentimental weepy," but excellent direction and deeply felt performances by Malcolm Gets and Helen Stenborg make it funny and moving.

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    Imelda

    This musical rendition of the rags-to-riches story of internationally renowned shoe fanatic Imelda Marcos is enjoyable if uninventive.

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    Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today

    Whether revealing private matters regarding himself and an onstage musician or daring to make a barb against journalists while reviewers attend his show, this guy's a bona fide scamp.

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    A Serious Man

    If there is one thing you will take away from the film it is this: Bad things happen to good people for no reason. To ask why is futile.

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    Mom's the Word

    Motherhood seems to inspire otherwise poised and judicious women to deliver hormonally driven stories about their birth experiences and those of others.

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    Shining City

    Irish writer Conor McPherson has received critical kudos for his earlier plays "The Weir," and "Shining City" but, in this production at least, it's hard to understand why

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    Three Sisters

    Don't ask us why we repeatedly see the same plays, such as this Chekhov chestnut, willingly and happily.