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Review: Audra McDonald dives deep in shocking ‘Ohio State Murders’ on Broadway

Audra McDonald as Suzanne Alexander, front, and Abigail Stephenson as Iris Ann in "Ohio State Murders."

NEW YORK — Imagine you’re a celebrity writer invited to speak by your alma mater, where you had a mostly miserable time, thanks to the racism of the time and place. Imagine further that the person inviting you asks you to talk about why you have so much violent imagery in your creative work.

So you decide to tell him why. In a play that Ohio State’s public relations department likely will not see

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