Ghostlight Ensemble’s online festival celebrates overlooked women playwrights.
Tag: August Strindberg
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Mies Julie depicts a postapartheid South Africa still mired in its legacy of colonialism and racism
But playwright Yaël Farber’s ambition far outstrips what appears onstage.
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The Steppenwolf stage is alive for The Night Alive
Conor McPherson’s play The Night Alive may not be great, but it’s superb in its goodness.
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At Chicago Shakespeare, Larry Yando gives us half of a great King Lear
At Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Larry Yando gives us a Lear that’s part brilliant, part overblown.
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Writers Theatre does The Dance of Death
Conor McPherson calls Strindberg’s tune in a new adapation of The Dance of Death, now at Writers Theatre.