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`Miracle Worker' earns its title.(Arts & Entertainment)(Theater)
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The Washington Times
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March 25, 2000| Author:
Blanchard, Jayne M.
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A miracle unfolds during "The Miracle Worker" in the guise of the bombastic power in the performances of Shira Grabelsky and Kelly C. McAndrew as Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan.
The two actresses literally throw themselves into their parts, giving the drama an element of risk and breath-catching danger not usually associated with William Gibson's amicably corny and uplifting play.
There is nothing decorous or particularly dainty about the way Miss Grabelsk...
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