Stages, Theater

Review: In The Great Leap at Steppenwolf, Basketball and Chinese Politics Mix It Up

The Great Leap is an homage to basketball and to playwright Lauren Yee’s father—and also connects to Chinese history and politics and the country’s competitiveness with the West. Yee’s latest play […]

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Stages, Theater

Review: Cambodian Rock Band Mixes Joyous Cambodian Rock Music and a Genocide Story

Cambodia’s violent and genocidal past doesn’t sound like a story that will have you leaving the theater smiling. But Lauren Yee manages to create a small miracle with her brave, […]

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