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Abridged Version of NY Times Review: A Fragile Victim of Love Long Past A sorcerer named Laura Linney is performing an act of magic that happens only in live theater. She has rewritten a play without changing a word. Ms. Linney, as you probably know, is not a writer but an actress. Yet her emotional incandescence in the revival of ''Sight Unseen,'' which opened last night at the Biltmore Theater, has the effect of entirely shifting the focus of Donald Margulies's fine drama from 1992 about art, time and moral compromise. This time, though, the same scene broke my heart, as Ms. Linney evoked an openness and fragility that clearly harbored the seeds of its own destruction. Ms. Linney, who lives in Manhattan, recently said in an interview that she would probably soon move to Los Angeles. As good as she is on screen, let's pray that this actress -- whose natural theatrical grace brings to mind Meryl Streep, a star long lost to movies -- doesn't deprive New York audiences of another rare presence that lights up a stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TONY AWARD HAVEN OPINION: Despite this being the Broadway premiere of Sight Unseen, it will most likely be dubbed a revival by the Administration Commitee. There is definitely a possibility that Sight Unseen will be nominated for Best Revival of a Play, however, with entries such as Streetcar Named Desire, and The Glass Menagerie, one can never be sure.
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