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‘Cowboy apocalypse’ sort-of comedy has true grit

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By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer on Feb 4, 2011, at 2:21 AM Updated on 2/04/11 at 6:32 AM

John Cruncleton, Joseph Gomez, Andy Axewell and Sara Wilemon face down a monster in Sam Shepard's play, "Back Bog Beast Bait," opening Thursday at the Nightingale Theater. Courtesy

John Cruncleton, Joseph Gomez, Andy Axewell and Sara Wilemon face down a monster in Sam Shepard’s play, “Back Bog Beast Bait,” opening Thursday at the Nightingale Theater. Courtesy

With a title like “Back Bog Beast Bait” – a quartet of words that is about as easy to pronounce as “six thick thistle sticks” – one might imagine that the show opening Thursday at the Nightingale Theater is some kind of comedy.

And one would be sort of right.

“Back Bog Beast Bait” is a relatively early work by Sam Shepard, best known for plays such as “Curse of the Starving Class,” “Fool for Love” and “True West.” [Read more…]

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