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Theatre
Or,

When

Nov 6, 2009 – Dec 13, 2009

Daily

Where
Women's Project (424 W 55th St)
Price
$52
Details
http://www.womensproject.org/home.htm
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Or, recounts an eventful day in the life of 17th-century secret agent/playwright Aphra Behn (played by the formidable Maggie Siff). Rather than put on a feminist one-acter, Liz Duffy Adams places her heroine in her very own Restoration bodice ripper. The play's depiction of the era's cross dressing, free love, and general ribaldry is a reminder that sexual and social revolution usually occurs after oppression and legalized conservatism. While Siff is front and center, co-stars Andy Paris and Kelly Hutchinson do bang-up jobs playing the aristocrats and guttersnipe who attempt to keep Aprha from her literary destiny.

Patricia Contino