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Why Straight Plays Can't Make It on Broadway by Terry Teachout

Nina Raine's "Tribes," which opened off-Broadway earlier this month, is a superb new play about a dysfunctional family whose youngest member is deaf. Beautifully staged by David Cromer, it was hailed by the critics, myself included, and has extended its run through September. This was the last sentence of my review: "Why can't we have plays like this on Broadway?"

SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 08:40PM on March 29, 2012

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