Theater

“The Sisters Rosensweig”: David Warren’s staging of Wendy Wasserstein’s 1992 comedy pays homage to what the playwright did best: create roles for women who struggle to balance professional and personal fulfillment. The play could stand a bit of cutting and some of the broader shtick should have been toned down, but the production isn’t out to correct dramaturgical faults. It rejoices in the laughs and savors the slightly sentimental emotion. Chockablock with one-liners, the play is Neil Simon with a semi-feminist consciousness, capturing the human comedy with as much shtick as possible.

-- Charles McNulty

Ends Sunday at the Old Globe Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park, San Diego. (619) 234-5623.