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The Velocity of Autumn *1/2 by Barry

By: David ShewardEstelle Parsons, Stephen SpinellaThere's potential for a moving and realistic examination of old age and family dynamics in Eric Coble's slender one-act The Velocity of Autumn, but the playwright opts for sitcom laughs and gimmicks instead. In this predictable two-hander, 79-year-old Alexandra (a reliable Estelle Parsons) has barricaded herself in her Brooklyn brownstone, threatening to blow herself …

SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:55PM on April 29, 2014

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