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News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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International Association of Theatre Critics<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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“Superior Donuts” is written by THAT Tracy Letts, the one who wrote the Pulitzer
Prize- and Tony Award-winning “August: Osage County.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">If
you happened to see “August” at Lakeland Civic Theater last year or on tour at
PlayhouseSquare a few years earlier, you may be tempted to pass on Letts’ newer
work.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">After
all, “August” is a complicated, emotionally-draining drama that borders on the
tragic.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Although it is served with
a side order of dark comedy, the laughs come at the expense of a thoroughly
dysfunctional family upon the suicide of its patriarch.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is an unsentimental portrait of the
human condition, albeit cleverly conceived and brilliantly written.<SPAN
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missing “Superior Donuts” would be a huge mistake.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">It,
too, is cleverly conceived and brilliantly written, but these are the only
things “Superior Donuts” has in common with anything else Letts has written to
date.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is, in fact, a sweet,
tender, joyous celebration of the human spirit.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And it is an unabashed comedy.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The play is being given a spectacular
staging at Dobama Theatre.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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