A Cruel Ex and Other One-Act Exercises
Neil GenzlingerAugust 8, 2010: It may be hot outside, but at the 59E59 Theaters there is one heck of a cold heart on display in “Romance,” the best of the four works in Series A of “Summer Shorts 4,” the annual festival of new American short plays. And this affecting, carefully drawn piece, an excavation of a failed relationship, is by Neil LaBute, who is known more for brashness (“Fat Pig”) than for nuance.
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