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anything goes.(Two Gentlemen of Verona)(Theater Review)

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| September 01, 2005 | Green, Adam | COPYRIGHT 2005 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Adam Green

First produced in Central Park in 1971, Two Gentlemen of Verona, a sexy, loose-limbed, utterly charming musical adaptation of the early Shakespeare comedy, is back home. John Guare's puckish book and lyrics freely mix vaudeville shtick and hipster slang with the bard's own words. The famous "Who is Silvia?" speech is there, but so is the raucous answer: "She's a calla-lily lady, she's a water-lily ...

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