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When the inevitable happens, we are right there with each and all of them—those who make it and those who don’t—powerfully ...
Funny, thought-provoking and well-written, "A Jukebox for the Algonquin" is not just a “play about old people” but a ...
Running at three hours with two intermissions, “Prayer for the French Republic” is an engaging and thoughtful play that ...
For some artists, recognition flares up for a hot season or two when they seem everywhere all at once, but then their sparkle ...
A co-production of Hedwig Dances and Germany’s Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, the programs celebrate the German modernist art and ...
In Mamet’s usual acerbic style, we learn that in a world of high-stakes competition there are no friendships. Each act is ...
Vershawn Sanders-Ward created a piece about the pernicious nature of racial bigotry in America for her then young company.
This is the vibrating triangle that forms “The Book of Grace,” a play by Suzan-Lori Parks. The play is a companion piece to ...
“Translations” runs through May 4 at Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe. Wednesdays, 3pm (April 30 only) and 7:30pm; Thursdays, 7:30pm; Fridays, 7:30pm; Saturdays, 3pm and 7:30pm; and Sundays, ...
W. Kamau Bell started out as a popular presence on the Chicago comedy scene in the mid-nineties, and his biggest love has ...