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This review will run in the paper on 3-20, when it will be available here as well as in print.

Photo of Hannah (Rebecca Nachison), Brandt (Tom Wilson) and Thomas (Derek Johnson) courtesy Lord Leebrick Theatre.

Stumbling Away from Bethlehem
Good people acting in bad faith in Busy World
by Suzi Steffen

Thanks for the whole Fall of Man thing, God. Really appreciate it.

Or so Keith Bunin might say. Bunin’s the playwright whose The Busy World Is Hushed opened at the Lord Leebrick Theatre Friday, March 14. Though the lengthy — and surprisingly witty — theological arguments of the play’s three characters suggest that Bunin’s subject concerns God, Jesus and the history of Christianity, his true topic is human frailty. We’ve got a lot to answer for, not even counting rapes, murders, wars and genocide: It’s hard enough just to love someone. Bunin’s characters, though subdued, struggle with manipulation, loss and the relentlessness of death.

Not to make the play sound like a total bummer.
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