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Theater review: 'Dead Man's Cell Phone'

May. 11, 2009
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE)Dead Man's Cell Phone: Comedy. By Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Susi Damilano. With Amy Resnick, Bill English, Joan Mankin, Jackson Davis et al. (Through June 13. SF Playhouse, 533 Sutter St., San Francisco. One hour, 50 minutes. Tickets: $...
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler