Born Yesterday is a variation on the Pygmalion story of a dumb girl who gets educated and, in this version, turns the tables on her rich, vulgar husband. The play, which dates from the late forties, was little more than a vehicle for the bizarre Judy Holliday, but this old warhorse could possibly be given a new twist in the light of new attitudes of sexism. At the Ex this weekend, 8 p.m.
The Southern Route is the flagship production of a promising new group called the Cambridge Ensemble. It's about a group of six people, ranging from an ethereal pre-Raphaelite beauty to a anti-social street vendor. Aside from some basic cliches--it's all supposed to take place in the midst of the traffic jam of life--it's done very well. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. at the Harvard Street Playhouse.
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