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becoming  Theatre Review by Matthew Murray  The difficulty with
a play about a specific issue is separating the issue from the
play. Can the author find a way to make his important points
while still allowing the audience to care about the characters
and their plights without resorting to facts, statistics, or
platitudes to do the job for him? In the case of Rick
Schweikert's un becoming, the answer is a solid no.  This play,
which just opened at the 45th Street Theatre with direction by
Schweikert Jeffrey Edward Carpenter, is nothing if not well-
intentioned. Its particular issue is that of unnecessary
hysterectomies (the surgical removal of a woman's uterus) and
the deleterious effects they have on women and their families.
But while educating people of both sexes about this subject is a
noble goal, it's handled here with almost no subtlety or
dramatic care.  In the most basic issue play about unnecessary
hysterectomies, what characters would there hav