VALET OF THE DOLLS | Ryan Landry’s Gold Dust Orphans pan Jacqueline Susann territory with this spoof starring Afrodite as Anne Welles, Penny Champayne as Jennifer North, Liza Lott as Neely O’Hara, “and introducing Ryan Landry as Miss Helen Lawson.” Ryan needs an introduction? Anyway, “only one will win that special parking space . . . that space reserved only for the STAR! . . . And guarded by . . . the ‘Valet of the Dolls.’ ” | Machine, 1254 Boylston St, Boston |www.brownpapertickets.com| Through November 22 | Curtain 8 pm Fri-Sat [7 pm October 31] | 5 pm Sun | $35
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