Dark Secrets Roil ‘Desert’; Wilde’s Too-Tame ‘Earnest’: Review

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In Jon Robin Baitz’s “Other Desert Cities” Elizabeth Marvel gives a breathtaking performance as a young writer who drops a literary bombshell on the family at their tony Palm Springs home.

Brooke Wyeth has survived one successful novel and intermittent rehab. After six fallow years, her second book has been accepted by a prestigious publisher, and the family is gathering to celebrate.