Broadway Comedy The Balusters Probes Hypocrisy in a Scrappy Neighborhood Saga
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Broadway's The Balusters, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, with Richard Thomas and Anika Noni Rose, follows a neighborhood committee as they clash over a newcomer's plan to install a streetlight, exposing private motives and public posturing; entertaining but not as sharp as Eureka Day or The Minutes.
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