From six women playing former Nazi scientists in the world premiere of “The Rocket Men,” to the sassy, revenge-hungry trio in Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5 the Musical,” to an all-female adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” it’s hard to miss the strong presence of woman-centric productions coming down the pipeline this fall. Here are some of them.

“Bright Star.” The Strand Theatre presents this bluegrass musical centered on Alice Murphy, an astute and resilient literary editor working in a male-dominated profession while living in Appalachia in the 1940s. When Alice was a teenager in the conservative South, she was forced to give up her child. Through flashbacks, Alice reckons with her past, unraveling her emotions and a long-hidden secret. The musical by Steve Martin and Edie

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