Tennessee Williams’s oft-revised story delivers to arresting effect with Theatre L’Acadie.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof brings dysfunctional family drama to Drury Lane
It’s a 65th birthday party Big Daddy will never forget.
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John Huston, FilmStruck’s Director of the Week, had a way with actors
FilmStruck “Director of the Week” John Huston always got great performances, from Humphrey Bogart in the 1940s to his daughter Anjelica Huston in the ’80s,
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Raven Theatre can’t deliver on Suddenly Last Summer’s mythic, monstrous potential
Its production of Tennessee Williams’s great lurid story falls flat.
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The Gentleman Caller imagines an early romance between Tennessee Williams and William Inge
Two young playwrights teeter on the precipice of success.
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Novid Parsi’s Through the Elevated Line is a slavish update of a masterpiece
But A Streetcar Named Desire deserves better.
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My Dad Wrote a Porno and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Harry Potter Trivia and more goings-on March 5-8.
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This week on Filmstruck: Anna Magnani
Filmstruck revisits the career of Italian actress Anna Magnani, a favorite of Roberto Rossellini, Jean Renoir, and Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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Arnie the Doughnut, Tangles and Plaques, and 11 more new stage shows to see
A delightful kids’ show and a Neo-Futurist’s look at dementia are among this week’s best bets.
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Chicago, Lady X: The Musical, and seven more new theater reviews
The hometown return of an iconic show and the tuneful reboot of a camp classic are among this week’s best bets.
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Le Switch, The Mutilated, and nine more new reviews worth your notice
On the off-Loop scene: the latest from local playwright Philip Dawkins, an obscure Tennessee Williams one-act, and a Neil LaBute funfest
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At Steppenwolf’s Garage Rep, failure can spell success
The three productions featured at this year’s Garage Rep do what they’re supposed to: risk failure by thinking big.
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A lot of Claudia Cassidy and somewhat less of everyone else
Chris Jones publishes an anthology of Chicago Tribune theater criticism.
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Playing Family Feud at Steppenwolf’s First Look
They always hurt the ones they love in Steppenwolf’s First Look repertory.
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Yippie! Abbie Hoffman fest returns
More than 150 performance groups grace the 25th year of Mary Arrchie’s Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins Theatre Festival.