And it fails to capture the playwright’s nasty ancient Greek heart.
Tag: The Hypocrites
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The Hypocrites’ Dracula is a victim of mistaken locality
What might be gory fun as a late-night show to be viewed drink in hand just ain’t so from the seats at the Mercury.
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Wit, Earthquakes in London, and six more new theater reviews
The Hypocrites’ staging of a Pulitzer Prize winner and a U.S. premiere at Steep are among this week’s best bets.
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Two more 2016 surprises: The end of Oracle Productions, and the end of the Hypocrites as we know them
Two more culture-beat surprises from 2016: the end of Oracle Productions, and a radical revamp at the Hypocrites.
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Winterset, Finding Neverland, and three more alternatives to holiday fare
A resonant period piece and a musical that does it better than the movie are among this week’s best bets.
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Parachute Men, You on the Moors Now, and eight more new theater reviews
This week’s stage highlights include three losers who (hopefully) make good and four 19th-century fictional heroines battling their would-be betrotheds.
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Chicago’s most uncomfortable theaters can offer exceptional theatrical experiences
Close quarters, minuscule budgets, and structural limitations can work wonders when it comes to creating intimacy and forcing invention.
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Five performance festivals worth your while
With June comes the summer theater season.
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Death & Harry Houdini, the ‘nearly flawless’ One Man, Two Guvnors, and seven more new theater shows
The House Theatre performs a little magic and Court Theatre gathers an A-list ensemble.
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The Hypocrites’ Adding Machine, Factory’s The Last Big Mistake, and eight more stage shows to see now
Ten new reviews of notable stage shows, among them a musical based on Elmer Rice’s expressionist 1923 satire.
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Belarus Free Theater’s King Lear, the Hypocrites’ Glass Menagerie, and eight more new stage shows
Shakespeare in Belarusian and a reimagined Tennessee Williams play are among the theater highlights this week.
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Fifteen holiday shows to see now
There’s a lot more out there than A Christmas Carol.
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Color plays a major role in the Hypocrites’ Three Sisters
The low-budget but beautifully executed costume and set designs make the play especially memorable.
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In the Hypocrites’ Endgame, the cosmic void crashes a kid’s birthday party
The cosmic void crashes a kid’s birthday party in the Hypocrites’ incongruously cutesified staging of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame.
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All Our Tragic combines 32 Greek tragedies into a playful 12-hour production
The Hypocrites balance serious fare with a bubblegum-pop sensibility in All Our Tragic.