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    Dear Maudie

    Playwright Michele Willens knows that the best-friend relationship between preteen girls really is "the one."

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    Rumplestiltskin!

    Presented by Storybook Theatre at Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, L. A. Sat. 1 p.m. Oct. 22-Mar. 1. (818) 761-2203.

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    BUDDIES

    What's in a name? Amid the circle of gay friends cavorting in Manhattan circa 1969–99 in writer-director Scott Edward Smith's dramatization of Ethan Mordden's Buddies Cycle book series, there's a tendency to fixate on monikers, as each man seeks his true identity. The youthful-spirited Little ...

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    Jason & Ben

    Combine John Rechy and Tennessee Williams and you might come up with something likeJason & Ben, the trivial and embarrassing New York Musical Theatre Festival work.

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    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Presented by and at the Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood. Tue.-Thu. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 4 & 8:30 p.m., Sun. 2 & 7 p.m. Nov. 16-Dec. 18. (310) 208-5454.

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    Boots

    Its heart is in the right place, but Giacondo Trevellini'sBootsis an enervating evening about the destructive effects of war.

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    For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf

    The play combines poetry, prose, and dance in a passionate outpouring of primal feeling, celebrating the indomitable spirit of the inner-city African-American woman.

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    A Lesson Before Dying

    What a difference a decade or two or three makes. Playwright Romulus Linney¿s adaptation of Ernest J. Gaines¿ award-winning novel focuses on the impending execution of a black youth for the murder of a white storeowner, a crime he did not commit.

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    Blindness

    The most brilliant thing about Godlight Theatre Company's adaptation of Jose Saramago's novelBlindnessis the lighting.

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    Pilgrim

    The creative team behind this new musical by composer John Stothers has assembled a talented cast of singers and actors capable of conveying comic material and heavy drama.