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STAGE review

A ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ well worth taking at New Rep

By Don Aucoin

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 05, 2012

Under the direction of Scott Edmiston, the New Repertory Theatre’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night’’ reminds us that this is a play that still manages to pierce the heart — still touches deep, majestic chords that few other plays can reach. There is something so timeless, even primal, in this family’s struggle and in the way, word by lacerating word, they tear one another apart and then try to put themselves back together again.

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