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Set in the 1880s, In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play centers on a doctor and his wife whose household is upended by the doctor’s experimental therapy as inventor of a new device.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Jan. 10, 2010.

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About In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play

What Is the Story of In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play?
In a seemingly perfect, well-to-do Victorian home, proper gentleman and scientist Dr. Givings has innocently invented an extraordinary new device for treating “hysteria” in women (and occasionally men): the vibrator. Adjacent to the doctor’s laboratory, his young and energetic wife tries to tend to their newborn daughter—and wonders exactly what is going on in the next room. When a new “hysterical” patient and her husband bring a wet nurse and their own complicated relationship into the doctor’s home, Dr. and Mrs. Givings must examine the nature of their own marriage, and what it truly means to love someone.

In the Next Room's Laura Benanti Will Be Fearless in 2010
New Year's Resolution
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In the Next Room Star Laura Benanti On What Makes Her Room Magic
A Day in the Life of In the Next Room's Electric Michael Cerveris
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A Day in the Life of In the Next Room's Electric Michael Cerveris
More Than a Catchy Title? Learning About In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play on Opening Night
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More Than a Catchy Title? Learning About In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play on Opening Night
In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play's Buzzworthy Opening Night
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In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play's Buzzworthy Opening Night
Word of Mouth: Did In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play Get Our Panel All Worked Up?
Word of Mouth Review
Word of Mouth: Did In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play Get Our Panel All Worked Up?
Behind the Buzz with Vibrator Playwright Sarah Ruhl
First Person
Behind the Buzz with Vibrator Playwright Sarah Ruhl
Go In the Next Room with Benanti and Cerveris in Photos of The Vibrator Play
Photo Op
Go In the Next Room with Benanti and Cerveris in Photos of The Vibrator Play
Vibrator in Hand, Michael Cerveris Reflects on His Stellar Career
Q&A
Vibrator in Hand, Michael Cerveris Reflects on His Stellar Career
Cheese! Vibrator Play Family Portrait Revealed
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Cheese! Vibrator Play Family Portrait Revealed
Ruhl's In the Next Room Makes Its B'way Debut
First Performance
Ruhl's In the Next Room Makes Its B'way Debut
In the Next Room Opens
Opening Night
In the Next Room Opens
Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris to Star in LCT's In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play
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Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris to Star in LCT's In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play
Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room to Play Broadway's Lyceum Theatre
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Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room to Play Broadway's Lyceum Theatre
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