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November 25, 2019 Jana J. Monji

‘Jitney’ Revival Recalls Pre-Uber Days in Pittsburgh ☆☆☆☆

September 23, 2019September 24, 2019 Jana J. Monji

A Little Coen Craziness at the Mark Taper ☆☆☆

April 4, 2019 Jana J. Monji

‘Lackawanna Blues’: How to Color Your Life with Love

November 8, 2018 Jana J. Monji

‘Valley of the Heart’: Earnest But Unfocused☆☆

September 21, 2018 Jana J. Monji

The Fable of ‘Sweat’ Equity ✮✮✮✮✮

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 Jana J. Monji

‘Head of Passes’: God and Getting What You Ask For ✮✮✮✮

July 8, 2017 Jana J. Monji

Less Science and More Chaos in ‘Heisenberg’ ✮✮

October 9, 2015October 9, 2015 Jana J. Monji

‘Appropriate’ needs editing to strengthen this look a ghosts of the past

August 12, 2015 Jana J. Monji

The bittersweet revelations of ‘Bent’

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 Jana J. Monji

Examining ‘The Price’ of decisions

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