If you were concerned that Chicago’s storefront theaters lost their mojo during the pandemic, get thee to Terry McCabe’s gripping production of The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter. It’s a meta-accomplishment: not a false note in this version of a play that’s entirely about false notes. Pinter’s breakthrough piece (albeit a flop at the time), […]
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Mrs. Warren’s Profession confronts our hypocrisies about sex work
Elaine Carlson delivers a biting title performance for Promethean Theatre.
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Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them is Christopher Durang at his darkest
Eclipse Theatre’s all-Durang seasons finishes strong with a brutal black comedy about post-9/11 paranoia.
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Bullets Over Broadway, The Producers, MPAACT’s Feral, and nine more new theater reviews
Two hit musical comedies and a drama examining the Chicago Police Department’s “systemic racism” are among this week’s best bets.