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THE SUNSHINE GIRLS 'SISTERS' IS A FUNNY AND DEEPLY FELT LOOK AT FINDING ONE'S IDENTITY

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20051111
Author:Ed Siegel, Globe Staff

Wendy Wasserstein's three sisters, unlike Anton Chekhov's, can go anywhere they want to. But as the wonderfully realized revival of "The Sisters Rosensweig" at the Huntington Theatre Company makes clear, their freedom comes with a price.

Two of the three have escaped what they consider narrow Jewish enclaves, only to find rootlessness confining in its own way. The third is a Newton suburbanite who revels in Judaica but knows that there's something lacking in her life.

Sara is the oldest and smartest, but not necessarily the wisest, of the three. She has kept the name of the husband she ...

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