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Woolly Mammoth's Ribald Period Piece Drags Out the Joke

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"Measure for Pleasure" is a 100-meter dash of a gag, stretched to the length of an Olympic marathon. The notion in this bawdy comedy of manners by playwright David Grimm is that while the year is 1751, the sensibility belongs to 2008. To wit: Gay men stride demonstratively out of the closet, and … Continue Reading »

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