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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever at the Irish Repertory Theatre

A new revival (revisal?) of One a Clear Day You Can See Forever is now running at the Irish Repertory Theatre.

You can make as many changes as you want and rework the book as much as you want but the show is inherently flawed and will probably never work. But the score, oh the score.

Which leads me to my next and last point...

Nobody, and I mean nobody, is Barbara Harris.


See? So don't bother.
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