Death is an often unwelcome teacher. It descends into our lives suddenly, without warning, or takes its sweet time. No matter when it finds us, Grief is right behind Death, bringing myriad reactions that we do not always see coming. Such is life for Jess in Emily Schwend’s A Mile in the Dark, when Jess […]
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A Chinese American basketball player is lost in Tiananmen Square in The Great Leap
Thirty years later, Lauren Yee’s play depicts the events during the failed Chinese uprising with sympathy and surprising humor.
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Sweat shows how Trump’s America came to be
Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer winner should be required viewing.
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The members of Support Group for Men don’t get eviscerated, but what does happen isn’t much more edifying
The delightful cast transcends Ellen Fairey’s pat script.
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There’s no mystery in Writers Theatre’s The Mystery of Love and Sex
Instead of answers, Bathsheba Doran’s play offers contrivance.
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Oh, the humanity of American Theater Company’s The Humans
Stephen Karam’s new play The Humans anatomizes one family’s Thanksgiving dinner.
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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.
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Appropriate consequences at Victory Gardens
Grandpa’s secret comes out and the family melts down in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s new play.
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Cupcakes bring a man back to life in American Wee-Pie
Lisa Dillman’s American Wee-Pie premieres at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
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Who’s Next Up at Steppenwolf?
Next Up rep presents three productions by newly graduated MFA directors and designers