Wings

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A bravura performance from Jan Maxwell and a top-notch production by director John Doyle combine to make Arthur Kopit's 1978 play Wings, currently being revived at Second Stage Theatre, one of the first "must-see" productions of the fall.

Maxwell plays Emily Stilson, who, when audiences first meet her, sits quietly reading a book while a clock ticks in the background. Theatergoers quickly notice the irregularity of the sound, even if Emily doesn't, and when she finally does, there's nothing she can do about it. She is in the throes of a stroke that will induce aphasia.

It's during the attack that Doyle's production rivets audiences. Projection designer Peter Nigrini has created a nigh[...]