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Photos: Charles McNulty’s best plays of 2013

David Mamet's "American Buffalo" was revived at the Geffen with its concussive verbal force and fierce con games intact. MORE: The problem with David Mamet | Actor Bill Smitrovich talks 'American Buffalo'

David Mamet’s “American Buffalo” was revived at the Geffen with its concussive verbal force and fierce con games intact.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

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In this time when news is disseminated ever more quickly, we asked our critics to list the best of entertainment and culture in 2013 in tweet form.

John Douglas Thompson and Glynn Turman brought anguish and ecstasy to the searing Mark Taper Forum revival of "Joe Turner's Come and Gone."

John Douglas Thompson and Glynn Turman brought anguish and ecstasy to the searing Mark Taper Forum revival of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.”  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

'The Nether'

At the Douglas, Jennifer Haley’s “The Nether” plunged us down the cyber hole, asking tough questions about virtual identity and morality.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

A giant rotating steel wheel dominated the Getty Villa's "Prometheus Bound," but Ron Cephas Jones conveyed the anguish and defiance.

A giant rotating steel wheel dominated the Getty Villa’s “Prometheus Bound,” but Ron Cephas Jones conveyed the anguish and defiance.  (Craig Schwartz / Getty Villa)

In "Rodney King" at the Douglas, Roger Guenveur Smith created a spoken-word portrait balancing empathy and truth.

In “Rodney King” at the Douglas, Roger Guenveur Smith created a spoken-word portrait balancing empathy and truth.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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