'Mother' makes things awkward for theater companies by David Ng

'The Mother... With the Hat' is getting productions by South Coast Repertory and L.A. Theatre Works, but its title makes promoting it problematic."The Mother… With the Hat" is a play that has a marketing challenge built directly into its title. How do you say a name that contains the mother of all obscenities? How do you use a title that can't be printed in most newspapers?

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