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Critics' Voices: Nov. 11, 1991

THEATER

ON BORROWED TIME. George C. Scott is back on Broadway as a quintessential foxy grandpa, all harmless cusswords and mock-fierce benevolence, in a sentimental 1938 comedy-drama about an old man's battle of wits with death. What a pity to waste his gifts on piffle.

THE BABY DANCE. A desperate L.A. yuppie couple arrange to buy the unborn child of a dirt-poor Louisiana pair in Jane Anderson's passionate off-Broadway drama, beautifully realized in the fierce, moving performances of TV's Linda Purl and Stephanie Zimbalist, and Richard Lineback.

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