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'Shirley Valentine' review: Linda May shines

Originally published: January 8, 2013 4:55 PM
Updated: January 9, 2013 5:53 PM
By STEVE PARKS  steve.parks@newsday.com

Photo credit: Dave Hoffman | Linda May performs solo as "Shirley Valentine" at Broad Hollow's BayWay Arts Center in East Islip, through Jan. 20, 2013.

'Marriage is like the Middle East," Shirley Bradshaw says. "There's no solution." Shirley is speaking to Wall -- her kitchen wall, which she addresses by name, as there is no one else to listen. Certainly not her husband, Joe, even when he's home. Fortunately for us, Wall is that invisible theater space between audience and performer. During some shows, I've fervently wished the wall was opaque.

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