The Gift Theatre marks its return to live performance after a two-year absence with the Chicago premiere of Naomi Iizuka’s bittersweet ode to memory and place. Directed by Lavina Jadhwhani, it is a series of sometimes wistful, sometimes nostalgic, but always affecting monologues told by a succession of related characters in a Kentucky town, over […]
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Victory Gardens playwrights ensemble resigns
Restructuring at the top causes an exodus—again.
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Language of Angels fails to take flight
Three Crows tries to breathe life into a play bogged down in stereotypes.
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The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Gender Breakdown, and nine more stage shows to see now
A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week’s best bets.
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Anon(ymous), Pygmalion, and seven more new theater reviews
A haunting show from the Cuckoo’s Theater Project and George Bernard Shaw’s classic are among this week’s best bets.