The shape-shifting Nilaja Sun has brought No Child ..., her thrillingly funny, guilelessly heartbreaking one-woman panorama of the New York City public schools, back to the Barrow Street Theatre, where it first made a splash five years ago. Sun uses nothing but her infinitely ductile body, her unbelievably polychromatic voice box, and her nine years working in struggling schools to bring to life that entire fractious, chaotic ecosystem, from students to teachers to wand-wielding security officer. Her grown-ups are sketch-comedy masterpieces, but her children are downright amazing.
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