Jen Silverman’s The Moors is a brilliantly executed pastiche of everything from Wuthering Heights (the gloomy insalubrious environs of the title) to Rebecca, complete with a menacing parlor maid/scullery maid named either Marjory or Mallory, and suffering from either an unwanted pregnancy or typhus, depending on what room you catch her in. (Played to perfection […]
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A new Hamlet puts the prince of Denmark in a context all too familiar to many Chicagoans
Chicago Shakespeare’s staging draws upon the concept of a legacy interrupted and destroyed by racial violence.
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The current Goodman production demonstrates How to Catch Creation
Christina Anderson’s play is a triumph for director Niegel Smith and his cast.
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Victims of Duty: An absurd show for absurd times
A Red Orchid revives its 1995 staging for the Trump era.
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Chicago Shakespeare’s Tug of War: Civil Strife is a battle to engage in
The second half of Barbara Gaines’s epic adaptation compels—never mind the guitars or blood dripping from the wall.
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Approach Steppenwolf’s The Qualms without reservations
The Qualms, Bruce Norris’s satire about swingers, inspires no reservations in one Chicago critic.