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| IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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7:30 p.m. | Stiemke Studio
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By Sarah Ruhl. Hailed as “one of the most gifted and adventurous American playwrights” by The New York Times, Sarah Ruhl has created a smart, classy and touching comedy about marriage, intimacy and how electricity came along to fuse them. In a prim Victorian home, a gentleman doctor innocently invents a most extraordinary device for treating “hysteria.” As his wife listens in the next room, long dormant thoughts and feelings begin to stir deep within her. This beguiling play about love, longing, science and invention was a 2010 Tony Award® Nominee for Best Play and a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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| DADDY LONG LEGS |
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Skylight Music Theatre
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7:30 p.m. | Cabot Theatre, Broadway Theatre Center
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Based on the classic novel by Jean Webster. Jerusha Abbott’s prayers seem answered when the generosity of an anonymous gentleman, known only to her as ‘‘Daddy Long Legs,’’ enables her to move from orphanage to university. Through her grateful letters, Jerusha shares her life with her mysterious benefactor as she grows into an intelligent, independent New American Woman and discovers a budding romance with a wealthy young suitor. Yet there is one startling fact that Jerusha has yet to uncover--one that will change her life forever.
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| THE CHOSEN |
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In Tandem Theatre
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7:30 p.m. | Tenth Street Theatre
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In 1940's Brooklyn, two Jewish boys whose life paths are preordained, must weigh the cost of choosing their own destinies. Adapted for the stage from Chaim Potok's classic novel, The Chosen won the Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play.
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