Aaron Sorkin’s gonna Sorkin, even when he’s working off someone else’s material. In his new adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, now in a short touring stop with Broadway in Chicago, the creator of A Few Good Men, The American President, and The West Wing goes back to the courtyard drama/political grandstanding that […]
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Retail, resistance, and rebirth in Wally World and Kickback
Christmas Eve goes to 11 in Isaac Gómez’s workplace comedy; About Face celebrates Black queer lives, past and present.
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The second coming of True West
Jon Michael Hill and Namir Smallwood breathe fire into Steppenwolf’s revival.
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Familiar finds the pulsing, beating heart of a Zimbabwean-American family in Minnesota
In Danai Gurira’s new play, characters cling to their culture, even as they assimilate into America.
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At Victory Gardens, A Wonder in My Soul is neither wondrous nor soulful
Strong acting can’t save Marcus Gardley’s new play.
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Crisis comes to the megachurch in Steppenwolf’s The Christians
Lucas Hnath’s gospel-infused drama addresses religious faith in unconventional form.
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The more The Gospel of Lovingkindness preaches, the less it reaches
Victory Gardens’ The Gospel of Lovingkindness hits close to home, but preaches too much.
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At Steppenwolf, a flawed work signals a major talent
Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Head of Passes puts a payment down on future masterpieces.
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Report from Camino Real: depravity x 2, minus the fun
Camino Real at the Goodman Theatre
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Chicago Actors Honored
Jacqueline Williams and Larry Yando win Lunt-Fontanne fellowships.
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Like a Foreign Country
Tarell Alvin McCraney’s jolting close-up of life on the gulf coast