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"Wherefore art thou ... Are you even listening to me?"

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By William Shakespeare, adapted by Antonio Amadeo and John Manzelli. Directed by John Manzelli. Through May 13 at The Naked Stage in the Pelican Theatre, 11300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Shores, 33161. 954-261-1785; www.nakedstage.org.

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But that's life, and this is poetry. It's hard to imagine a time when the words, "what light through yonder window breaks" were not known and understood by every English-speaking person in the world, and it's even harder to quantify whatever weird alchemy of verse and spirit conspires to make them resonate, even now, when somebody says them just right. Like most of the best things in art, that alchemy is inexplicable. The best you can hope for is to catch it every now and again. The Naked Stage has it now.