Theater
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WEARING THE PANTS The Keen Company presents Somerset Maugham’s “The Breadwinner,” in which a comfortable middle class man makes a surprising announcement to his family. Carl Forsman directs. Through Sunday, tonight-Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., Connelly Theater, 220 E. 4th St., between avenues A and B, 212-216-0963, $19.
BELLES LETTRES Alliance Francaise presents “Liaison transatlantique: Letters of Simon de Beauvior to Nelson Algren,” a one-woman show based on the play “Transatlantic Liaison.” French actress Marie-France Pisier stars and Sandrine Dumas directs. The event is part of the Act French festival, which celebrates French contemporary theater. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 5 p.m., Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th St., 212-355-6160, $25, $20 theater members, students, seniors.
OCD ON STAGE Playwright Rolin Jones presents “The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow,” about an Asian-American 20-something who cleans her room obsessively and is afraid to leave her house. Instead, she builds a robot to replace her on a trip to China. Jackson Gay directs. Through Saturday, October 15, Tuesday-Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Atlantic Theater Company, 336 W. 20th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 212-645-8015, $50.
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