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ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.(Theater Review)

The New Yorker

| January 05, 2004 | Als, Hilton | COPYRIGHT 2004 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

Lemon (Lili Taylor) wears a "Les Miserables" T-shirt that's a little too big for her slight frame. She swims in her dark cotton trousers, too, which seem baggy from frequent washing. She keeps everything neat, though, even her sentences. From an easy chair, stage right, Lemon greets her guests in the politest of tones. "Hello, dear audience," she says, welcoming us into the Clurman Theatre, where Wallace Shawn's haunting and transcendent 1985 play, "Aunt Dan and Lemon," is now in revival by the New Group. "Dear good people who have taken yourselves out for a special treat, a night at the theatre," she goes on. "Hello, little children. How sweet you are, how innocent. If ...

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