So here we are: My last night of reviewing at the Downtown Urban Arts Festival, (at least, until I provide my OnScreen review of the short films premiering at the beginning of May) and I once again found myself being treated to two shows for the price of one, so to speak. Both plays had relatively simple titles – The Fan and The Diplomat – but at least one of them proved to be a very deep and thought-provoking work of contemporary drama, and the other proved to be mildly entertaining – if not somewhat cliché – as well.

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It was my fourth day of reviewing shows at the Downtown Urban Arts Festival, and once again, I was treated to not one, but two, shows during the same performance slot. Not unlike the last time I was here, there was one play that was clearly better than the other, but that was not the only difference that I noticed on this night.

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