As Maria, Mikael Bennett the breakout star of this superb and brilliantly cast production.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 04:59PMThere really isn’t a dull moment in the play, but the variation in what is entertaining about it couldn’t be more disparate from first act to second.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 11:57AMRead the play, and it’s impressive but distant. Performed here, the language is urgent and real and consistently compelling.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:45PMOverall this is an engaging and coherent concept: Shakespearean tragedy as horror movie, with a great modern look and feel.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 06:18PMOrlandersmith depicts a set of eight characters who talk just as much about their own history as about the case itself.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:32PMInstead of creating an issue drama, playwright profiles well-meaning people involved in the quandary of baking for a gay wedding.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 04:01PMSchemers scam and doors slam in a world premiere farce that seldom lets the "Office" actor and his castmates rest.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 04:47PMPhilip Dawkins' play, now in its world premiere at Raven Theatre, imagines evolving friendship of theater greats Tennessee Williams and William Inge.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 07:00AMWe could just say the play can be called brainy, which is both its strength and its weakness.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:56PMhe English play “hang,” receiving its American premiere in a superbly acted Remy Bumppo production, leaves its audience hanging for a good while as the dialogue slowly oozes out bits of …
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:34PMWendy Robie, Kate Fry bring subtlety — if not much chemistry — to the mother-daughter lead roles in dark drama from writer of "Three Billboards ..."
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 07:00AMAudacious and enigmatic new play by Stacy Osei-Kuffour confronts us with the image of a fellow talking while suspended.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 06:15PM“Plantation!” in the end most feels like an exceptionally good extended comedy sketch. It can be, and hopefully will be more.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 07:00PMThe beautifully looking and fitfully engrossing production depicts two dramatic days in the life of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:12PMThis Goodman production stars an exceptional ensemble of all-local performers, and each provides a full and sympathetic character portrayal.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:07PMBREACH” is a broad comedy, often even sitcom-ish in style ... a funny and thoughtful work, vitally played by a terrific cast.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 10:53AMThe production directed by William Brown, presents a set of fine performances and flashes of genuine dramatic beauty.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 12:36PMDominique Morisseau’s characters, particularly in the hands of this superb cast and under the direction of Ron OJ Parson, are utterly believable.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 05:26PM