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Dan Butler stars in Origin Theatre's 'Beautiful Day Without You'

Marco Calvani and Origin Theatre present a violent depiction of still-life misery

Presented in the cloister of a church on the Upper West side, you might assume that Beautiful Day Without Youwould be a religious experience. If that's the case, then it's most assuredly old testament, not new. This latest offering from Origin Theatre is a stark, unforgiving slice of life, and if god is watching, he's either apathetic or malicious. The play's flawed characters don't share dialogue so much as mutual rebukes that range from the passive aggressive to the lasciviously petty. The plot follows them through poorly-conceived decision after poorly-conceived decision on a path to mutual decay. Everyone is miserable, no one has the power within them to fix themselves, or others. This play is a violent depiction of still-life misery.

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