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'A Man for All Seasons' falls flat

Decapitation: it's the fad of the fall of Broadway! Just as Sydney Carton mounts the guillotine in "A Tale of Two Cities," Sir Thomas More is similarly led up the stairs to meet the axeman. But as it turns out, losing your head is not the equivalent of good theater.

Sure, it's nice to have Frank Langella back on Broadway less than two years since his Tony-winning performance in "Frost Nixon."...

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