The author of Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff describes it as “humor in hopelessness.”
Tag: Chekhov
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Gypsy, Machinal, and three more new theater reviews
“The greatest book musical of all time” and a Woyzeck for the jazz age are among this week’s best bets.
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Sketchfest comes of age
The 13th annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival features 150 troupes over two long weekends.
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The Peacock’s no calamity, but it isn’t West’s best
The Peacock, playwright Calamity West’s latest, receives an unsatisfying staging by Jackalope Theatre Company.
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When the earth shook beneath the Mississippi
The story of a powerful seismological event where you’d least expect to find it: The Mississippi Valley.
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Not much crackles in Northlight Theatre’s Ten Chimneys
Sparks don’t fly in playwright Jeffrey Hatcher’s Ten Chimneys
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Beethoven and Quasimodo at an academic conference
Beethoven and Quasimodo are singing panelists in The Hunchback Variations Opera
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The Seagull/Jumping at 65 M.P.H.
The first two scenes of Chicago Actors Ensemble’s The Sea Gull, Chekhov’s portrayal of dysfunctional families and unrequited love, seem to indicate that it’s going to plod wearily along toward its tragic conclusion. But thanks to some solid and mature acting by most of the cast, it actually becomes entertaining–and just engrossing enough to illustrate […]