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Nathan Lane plays title character in Broadway's 'Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus' with a funny, formidable ferocity

NEW YORK - What's the difference between a clown and a fool?

You might think the question moot, given the ample prevalence of both types in and around the White House. But it's the central issue in "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus," the weird new Broadway play from Taylor Mac that, depending on your tolerance for the comedically scatological, circuitous and nihilistic, will either transfix you or drive you screaming from the theater hoping never again to encounter so many corpses with flatulence.

There's no middle aisle at this one,

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