Lots of behind-the-scenes news in Chicago theater, and some well-deserved plaudits to note as well this week! At the Tony Awards this past Sunday, longtime Chicago sound designer and composer Mikhail Fiksel took home the top prize for his work on Lucas Hnath’s drama Dana H., which ran locally at the Goodman in fall of […]
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Remember that time Isaac Newton stuck a needle in his eye?
Top-flight ensemble acting drives Redtwist Theatre’s production of this brainy, fanciful comedy by Lucas Hnath, author of A Doll’s House, Part 2. Loosely inspired by historical fact, the play is a fictional account of the events leading up to the time Sir Isaac Newton poked a needle into his eye. OK, it wasn’t quite as […]
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Death Tax can’t overcome implausible plot points
Lucas Hnath’s drama feels overheated but undercooked at Redtwist.
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Dana H. is more than a true-crime story
Lucas Hnath’s one-woman play about his mother’s kidnapping centers the voice of the survivor.
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A Doll’s House, Part 2 checks in on Ibsen’s characters 15 years later
Nora Helmer returns—and this time it’s personal.
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Seeing tomorrow’s subscription season today at Louisville’s Humana Festival
The seedbed for new plays has a winner in Chelsea Marcantel’s Airness.
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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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How Chicago theater artists are diversifying the city’s stages
Efforts are underway to make Chicago’s theater less uniformly white, thin, able-bodied, and gender-conforming.
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Hnath Fest! Lookingglass and Writers Theatre present works by the same up-and-comer
Lookingglass and Writers Theatre present works by up-and-coming playwright Lucas Hnath, one effective, one coy.
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Our top picks for fall theater
Our top picks for fall theater: Playwright Lucas Hnath heats up, Rashid Johnson stages Dutchman in a bath house, and more must-sees.
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Victory Gardens’ Ignition Festival sets off
Victory Gardens’ Ignition Festival of New Plays returns with a group more diverse than ever.
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Victory Gardens Ignition Festival of New Plays roundup
Victory Gardens’ Ignition Festival of New Plays returns with a group more diverse than ever.