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Stage Review

Striving for connection at Boston Theater Marathon

By Don Aucoin

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 22, 2012

One way or another, a striking number of the 53 plays presented Sunday at the Boston Theater Marathon concern the difficulties in forging a genuine human connection in a revved-up world where everyone is constantly on the move — literally, emotionally, or technologically. The underlying message: You’ve got to be willing to adapt, multitask, and sometimes go to extreme lengths in order to make those personal connections happen.

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