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reflect back on a live theater production, it is often a specific moment that we
recall – an instant when a playwright’s idea, a director’s vision, and/or an
actor’s performance surpasses an audience’s expectations and something special
happens.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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moments seem frozen in time and suspended in space.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is these isolated, elusive and
brilliant moments that keep theatergoers coming back for more and win over the
next generation of patrons.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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missteps and creative miscarriages are similarly memorable and, for the audience
if not the performers or production staff, they can be just as
entertaining.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Awe can be found in
work both awesome and awful.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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ten of this past year’s most memorable moments – both fantastic and unfortunate
– from productions that have graced Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, Off-the-Square
professional theaters, and other area stages.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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more of this article, go to </SPAN></I><SPAN
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