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From Faux Chick to Chick Flicks

By Brandon K. Thorp

Published on June 26, 2008

Wendy Wasserstein is dead, which is a damned shame — now, there’s hardly anybody left in the theater community willing to explore chick-ish issues like togetherness and transcending obstacles through mutual respect and zzzzzzzzzzz…

What? Oh! Wasserstein! Yes: the departed-but-beloved playwright’s The Sisters Rosensweig is now running at Rising Action Theatre (840 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale), and it is an illuminating meditation on togetherness and transcending obstazzzzzz…

What? Oh! Rosensweig! In Rosensweig, three Brooklyn sisters reunite in London for a birthday bash. One is struggling with parenthood, one is struggling with a bisexual boyfriend, and one is struggling with marriage. Go see the play tonight at 8 p.m., and find out how they deal with it all (hint: it involves togetherness and trazzzzzz…

What? Oh! The play! For more info, visit www.risingactiontheatre.com, or call 954-561-2225.
Thursdays-Sundays. Starts: June 27. Continues through Aug. 3, 2008