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THE STAGE

Reverberations. Harvard's Black CAST presents a coffee house featuring jazz, poetry, drama and song. In the Quincy House Dining Hall, January 16, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $2.

The Polish Mime Ballet. A celebrated European company performs the comic mime The Menagerie of the Empress Phylissa, which combines ballet, mime theatre and gymnastics. One of the Loeb's special season presentations. Performances January 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. January 17 at 5 and 9 p.m., January 18 at 2:30 and 8 p.m. Rush seats $3.95.

The Haunted Host. A comedy about gay love in Greenwich Village by Robert Patrick, whose Kennedy's Children was well-received here this fall. At the New Theatre, 12 Holyoke Street, in Harvard Square. Performances Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 and 7:30 p.m.

The Little Prince. An adaptation of Antoine de St. Exupery's whimsical novella, required reading in every high school French class. Presented by the Boston Reperatory Theatre in the little theatre offf the Charles Playhouse, 74-74 Warrenton St., Wednesday through Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 7 and 9:30 p.m., and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

Ghosts. Ibsen, about a woman haunted by ghosts from the past who invade and despoil her present and future. Due for a production at the Loeb this spring. At the Lyric Stage, 565 Boylston St., through February 8. Performances Friday through Sunday at 8 p.m., Sunday matinees at 3 p.m.

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Godspell. Stephen Schwartz's musical based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew, which you may remember from a lavish and innovative film version a few years ago and the AM radio hit "Day by Day." In case you miss this production, the Radcliffe Grant-in-Aid society is resurrecting the show as its spring musical. At the Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton Street, through January 25. Performances Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., and Sunday at 3 and 7:30 p.m.

Gulliver's Travels. A musical version of Swift's satire, presented by the Cambridge Ensemble at the Old Cambridge Baptist Church, 1151 Mass. Ave., through February 28. Performances Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets $3.50.

Equus. Peter Shaffer's powerful exploration of madness gets a fine production here, with stand-out performances by Dai Bradley as a boy who goes around blinding horses and Brian Bedford as the cynical psychiatrist who tries to cure him. At the Wilbur Theatre, 252 Tremont Street, through February 7. Performances every evening at 8 p.m., matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m.

The Sea Horse. A drama set in a waterfront gin mill, presented by the Parish Players of Vermont at the People's Theatre, 1253 Cambridge Street in Inman Square, through January 25. Performances Thursday through Sunday at 8 p.m.

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