Jason Lutes took some 20 years to complete his graphic novel, Berlin. Condensing Lutes’ 550-page magnum opus into theatrical language is no easy feat but Court Theatre has brought it […]
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Playwright Eugene Lee’s East Texas Hot Links takes place in 1955 in the piney woods of East Texas. It was the year that Emmett Till was murdered and the Klan […]
The world premiere of Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution appears as America must be reminded that the power of a dedicated group can cause significant changes. It is also a reminder […]
Lights go up on a red curtain, hanging ominously over the titular characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead as they enact the famous coin-flipping scene that begins the play’s exploration of […]
Every time an old play is revived, it inhabits two dimensions—the time of its writing and the time of its revival. You can’t exactly call a restaging of a 2,400+ […]
Something about the sound of a really good gospel singer makes me want to tap my foot or clap along. The Gospel at Colonus sends adrenaline through me and I […]
Joseph Kesselring’s 1941 Arsenic and Old Lace is a familiar property, frequently revived and indelibly captured on film in Frank Capra’s 1944 movie starring Cary Grant. Its popularity is well […]
There are two ways to tell history: the Big Men, Big Events timeline that Henry Ford once called “just one damn thing after another” and a more involving, intimate option […]
If you believe in heaven or hell, then perhaps I can persuade you that Saul Bellow is viewing the current events at Court Theatre with approval. David Auburn’s adaptation of […]
Once this awful cold snap breaks (because let’s be honest, we’re all hibernating until then), there’s a show on the south side that’s worth seeking out: Photograph 51 is a play by […]
This isn’t a “best theater of 2018” list. We didn’t see everything. Most of our writers are freelancers, all with other gigs, and it’s hard for us to cover the […]