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Byte  'Rated P for Parenthood' gets rated a B-plus for
performance  Before we get to the universal themes, how this can
be transported to pretty much any city where there are parents
and what a sweet evening of theater "Rated P for Parenthood" is,
allow me a disclaimer.  Last summer, a friend who is an actor
and my daughter's acting coach invited me to a musical in South
Orange, N.J. She knew the show's creators. I learned many years
ago in college to come up with a series of noncommittal,
postshow remarks when friends are involved in productions:
interesting, earnest, promising.  Happily, I didn't need to
cover. "Rated P for Parenthood" is interesting, earnest and
promising. More than that, it's also fun. By now, the show is
tighter than it was in the summer and still sweet. Emily Bauer,
my pal, is the unseen announcer.  It transferred well across the
Hudson and opens Wednesday, (Feb. 29)  at the Westside Theater,
an avenue west of Broadway. At a