Reviewed by Thom Geier
The plotline of <cite>In the Next Room</cite>, which just opened on Broadway, is not nearly as ribald as you might expect. That restraint is almost a shame, because Ruhl's play could have benefited from a broader, farcical touch. As it stands, <cite>In the Next Room</cite> occasionally seems like a barely dramatized version of a college lecture about the treatment of women in the 19th century (both medically and othe…