First Nighter: Emily Schwend's "The Other Thing," Melissa Ross's "Nice Girl" on Nice Women or Otherwise

Sometimes at the theater the women wrest it from the men--not quite that often, but sometimes. This is one of those weeks. I'm talking about The Other Thing, written by Emily Schwend and directed by Lucie Tiberghien, at Second Stage's McGinn/Cazale Theatre Uptown, and Nice Girl, written by Melissa Ross and directed by Mimi O'Donnell, at Labyrinth's current Bank Street Theatre home. It's a rare combination of women helming works by women, but it's just happened. The Other Thing has another rare a...