The writer-performer Jim Brochu is moving among us, as the embodiment of the great Broadway clown Zero Mostel, in a polished if predictable solo show at Theater J.
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Jim Brochu's play portrays the impact of the blacklist on actor Zero Mostel.
Much too often her choices feel merely cosmetic and frustratingly arbitrary: She gives actors eccentric, signifying gestures, and her visual flourishes sometimes feel as if they've been cull…
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