Almost, Maine

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According to Almost, Maine, a sticky-sweet confection from actor/playwright John Cariani, people do things a lot differently in northern Maine than they do in Manhattan. Everybody goes to the same bar, where one has a good chance of bumping into a former sweetheart. The young ladies who leave the state to pursue a higher education often regret leaving behind the nice young men who wanted to marry them. Heck, the folks living in some parts of Maine don't even get around to naming their towns!

As a portrait of rural life, this play is no Winesburg, Ohio, but it does contain a certain amount of substance, wit, and intelligence. The action of all nine vignettes that make up the piece begins a[...]