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Killer Lines: Burning Is Breathtakingly Bad, The Blue Flower Pleasant but Dull

There are several reasons why one's jaw might drop"that is, literally fall agape"while one is sitting in a theater. Sometimes it's from sheer amazement and delight, as when The Observer sat dumbfounded for a moment after Raúl Esparza's searing "Being Alive" at the end of Company five years ago. Sometimes it's caused by a plot twist, like the big second-act revelation in Jon Robin Baitz's fantastic Other Desert …

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015 ☆ ⚑

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