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Sarasota News Leader January 24, 2014 Page 112 OTHER DESERT CITIES PLAYING AT ASOLO REP THROUGH FEB. 27 Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz — a "scathingly funny play" by the creator of TV's Brothers & Sisters — has opened at the Asolo Repertory Theatre and will continue through Feb. 27, a theatre news release says. Hold onto your seats — things are about to get bumpy," it adds. Directed by Greg Leaming, the story "brings dysfunctional family drama to new heights," the release points out. "Promising young novelist Brooke Wyeth is home in Palm Springs for the holidays with a copy of her latest manuscript — one she's not showing her parents. Her brother is a reality TV show producer, her father a former movie actor turned politician," and her mother is a 1960s-era comedy writer turned socialite, the release continues. "But now long-buried secrets threaten to put this picture-perfect family back in the tabloids. "Funny, fierce and immensely entertaining," the New York Times calls the production. The Wall Street Journal adds that it "packs a roundhouse punch." The Asolo Rep cautions that the play contains mature language. Tickets start at $21. To purchase them, call 351-8000, go to www.asolorep.org or visit the Asolo Repertory Theatre box office, located in the lobby of the theatre. Asolo Repertory Theatre is located at 5555 North Tamiami Trail in the Florida State University Center for the Performing Arts. Carolyn Michel, Laren Klein and Benjamin Williamson star in Other Desert Cities at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. Contributed photo by Gary Sweetman.