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    Wonderful World

    Like the tears of a clown, the songs of a children's folk singer can mask an adult with a raft of personal problems.

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    Chekhov Lizardbrain

    The fantastic production is a brilliant visual and aural exploration of memory and perception that requires no supplemental support to convey its message.

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    Silver Stars

    Based on the experiences of Irish gay men who came of age in the mid–20th century, the musically challenged show is lugubriously sincere, preciously artless, and a blinding bore.

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    44-Inch Chest

    It's very early in 2010, but it's hard to imagine any movie in the next 12 months that will sport a more promising and accomplished ensemble than this stark British drama.

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    Fish Tank

    There isn't a false note in Katie Jarvis' performance, which feels almost like a documentary in its effortless portrayal of teen angst and confusion in a dead-end life.

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    Tyne Daly: The Second Time Around

    I didn't catch Tyne Daly's debut at Feinstein's at Loews Regency last year, but it's clear from her new show, "The Second Time Around," why the lady was asked back to help celebrate the boite's 10th anniversary.

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    Pirate for the Sea

    This time the inconvenient truth is the international large-scale destruction of sea life by the fishing industry, and the stranger is Paul Watson.

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    A Cable From Gibralter

    Playwright Daniel Meltzer makes a game try at breathing new life into a bygone format, the well-made romantic comedy, but ends up with pretty weak tea.

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    Skylight

    Playwright David Hare's 1995 drama, about the reunion of two lovers, delivers its political message indirectly, in the guise of a complicated love triangle that has been torn apart.

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    Order

    Christopher Stetson Boal's new play wins points for originality, audacious theatricality, and brave and talented playwriting, even as it also frustrates us.