Sex, violence intertwine in 'Dying City"

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Sex, violence intertwine in 'Dying City"
Twins, in particular identical twins, have always been an intriguing subject in literature and drama. The idea of two beings, so alike -- yet maybe not -- so close to one another, is more eerie than amazing.Wethersfield playwright Christopher Shinn's "Dying City," now at Hartford Stage, focuses on two twin brothers -- Peter, a moderately successful gay actor, and Craig, about whom we learn after his death in Iraq.