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‘Tiger at the Gates’ retains its growl in revival

May 9, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

In a theater landscape littered with productions of Charles Mee's pop culture mashups of Greek tragedies, Jean Giradoux can't get any respect. But Giradoux's 1935 elegant tragicomedy, "The Trojan War...

‘Travesties’: Potent mix of Tom Stoppard, Oscar Wilde and the little guy

August 23, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

In "The Third Man," Orson Welles' Harry Lime famously observes, "In Switzerland they had brotherly love — they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce?...

Lightness prevails in ‘The Illusion’ by Right Brain Project

May 9, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

Tony Kushner's 1988 re-imagining of Pierre Corneille's 1636 play "L'Illusion Comique" is a tricky beast to pull off. Its earnest meditations on the tensions between romantic imagination and cold truth...

Battles of wordplay in Trap Door’s ‘La Bete’

May 9, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

If Ed Wood had lived in 17th-century France, he might have been a bit like Valere, the effusive idiot at the heart of David Hirson's "La Bete" who crosses verbal...

Detail of Frances Willard's desk in Evanston.

8 places to visit for Women’s History Month

April 5, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

Chicago has elected just one female mayor, but you don't have to endure the travails of the Jane Byrne Interchange to honor the legacies of notable women during Women's History...

Anger takes a dark turn in Pride play at Garage Rep

May 9, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

Vigilante black comedies aren't a new idea. Heck, some of 'em let you sing along. (Hello, "9 to 5" and "First Wives Club.") But the tricky part is getting the...

‘The Glass Protege’ wants it both Hollywood ways

May 9, 2019 at 5:17 a.m.

Dylan Costello's Hollywood drama "The Glass Protege" has a split personality — and not just because it jumps between 1949 and 1989. In part, it seems derived from Kenneth Anger's...

A martyr gets another chance in ‘Antigonick’

May 9, 2019 at 5:17 a.m.

Long ago, during one of those late-night chin-wags beloved of self-conscious undergrads, a dorm-mate erupted into a tirade against Sophocles' Antigone, whom she deemed "a useless martyr." And while I...

‘Hammer Trinity’: Fantasy of kings, quests and stories

May 9, 2019 at 5:17 a.m.

Full disclosure: I've never made it all the way through "The Lord of the Rings" — on the page or on screen. My notions of Arthurian legend derive from seeing...

‘Picture Imperfect’: Play about autism has unneeded turns

May 9, 2019 at 5:17 a.m.

In a widely shared article on the website The Archipelago last month, autistic writer Sarah Kurchak took to task the "anti-vaxxers" who have used the long-discredited notion that vaccines cause...

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