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Review: ‘Doubt’ returns as a powerful parable on a much-changed Broadway

Amy Ryan, Zoe Kazan and Liev Schreiber in "Doubt."

NEW YORK — John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt” was first produced in 2004, near the zenith of the long-lasting crisis over abusive priests hiding in plain sight in the Catholic Church. At the time, it felt like a deeply nuanced play focused on the agony of a whistleblowing nun and, on a broader level, a play about being unsure over a potential accusation that surely will result in grievous harm. Whether the accusation is

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