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Matt and Ben

Thru June 14 | Cleveland Public Theatre

by Amber Matheson | May. 27, 2008 | 4:00 AM

Shakespeare it isn’t. Or rather, it’s the bard’s style, just flipped, twisted and written for laughs. Here the men (yes, the title refers to that Matt and Ben) are played to excruciating success by women. And the script (for “Goodwill Hunting”) falls from the ceiling. What are a couple of Boston boys to do? We always thought Matt Damon and Ben Affleck got way too lucky with that golden ticket of a screenplay anyway.

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