Maria Irene Fornés’s feminist masterpiece Zooms in to help Season of Concern.
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The Niceties raises the stakes for academic debate
Generational and racial divides light the fuse at Writers Theatre.
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Reagan and Gorbachev meet cute atop a pile of nukes in Blind Date
Gaping conceptual hole aside, the Goodman Theatre staging is entertaining.
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Roz and Ray, Turtle, and eight more new stage shows
A tables-turning HIV drama and a world premiere from Redtwist are among this week’s best bets.
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In Long Day’s Journey Into Night there’s darkness at the end of the tunnel
Eugene O’Neill’s family tragedy Long Day’s Journey Into Night gets a true-to-life staging at Court Theatre.
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Steppenwolf’s Domesticated is a battle tooth and claw
Bruce Norris’s dark comedy looks at the aftermath of a political sex scandal.
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Goodman Theatre helps redeem Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Christopher Durang’s overrated Tony Award winner is a case of absurdism lite.
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Northlight Theatre’s new show confronts America’s problem with race
Bruce Graham’s White Guy on the Bus shows the toxic legacy of slavery.
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Goodman’s Luna Gale is a captivating portrayal of a tough dilemma
Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale puts a baby’s fate in the hands of flawed people.
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Playwright Rebecca Gilman’s moral dilemmas
Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale shows the humanity behind a battle to determine the fate of an infant.
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But is The Normal Heart good?
TimeLine Theatre gets Larry Kramer’s important The Normal Heart pumping.
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The enduring importance of The Normal Heart
The enduring importance of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart
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Best local actress
Amy Morton Runners-up Mary Hollis Inboden Mary Beth Fisher Jill Valentine Erica Elam
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Evening of the Living Dead
Mary Beth Fisher on performing Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking