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'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'

linda.winer@newsday.com

Of all the rich plays in August Wilson's magnificent 10-play cycle, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" may well be his masterwork. It opened on Broadway to huge acclaim in 1988, but never found an audience and quickly closed.

How good it is to finally have this shimmering, sprawling, haunting work back on Broadway, even if the Lincoln Center Theater's fine production,...

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