What a difference a friend makes. When we first meet Marjorie Taub, the eponymous Manhattanite in "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife," she's despondent. As depicted by Susan Rome in Theater J's stylish and funny production of the play, the middle-aged Marjorie has curled up on a chaise longue in utter dejection, wearing an embroidered bathrobe and socks. When her well-meaning husband Ira, an allergist, tries engaging …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:42PM on June 9, 2015