Review: Clyde’s Serves Up Tasty Entertainment in Milwaukee
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Review: Artistic Home’s Meet Vera Stark Satirizes Early Hollywood and Its Treatment of Black Actors
Playwright Lynn Nottage is known for revealing truths about the lives of the Black diaspora. Her stories are like ripping the bandage off a wound so that it can shock, […]
Review: At Madison’s Forward Theater, the Cooks Are Still Serving Time at Clyde’s
At first glance, one may have trouble seeing the beauty in Clyde’s, penned by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage. In the commercial kitchen of a truck stop diner, life seems […]
Review: Captivating MJ: The Musical National Tour Gives Audiences an Eyeful of Star Power
There’s so much to see and absorb while watching MJ, the musical about late pop star Michael Jackson, that theatergoers can’t be blamed for wanting to see this show more […]
Review: Much More Than Sandwiches Are Being Served in Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s at Goodman Theatre
Clyde’s is a truck stop diner somewhere on the highway. We meet and learn the skills and stories of the four prep cooks, all of whom are ex-convicts, trying to […]
Review: A Woman’s Worth Revealed in Intimate Apparel at Northlight Theatre
Women in America have long demanded that society appreciate their worth and contributions beyond the confines of a household. Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel, directed by Tasia Jones, mines the history […]
Review: Lost Souls and Collateral Damage in Ruined at Invictus Theatre
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Review: Family, Friendships and Lives on the Line in Goodman’s Stellar Staging of Sweat
If you go into a performance of Sweat, the two-act drama by Lynn Nottage on now at the Goodman Theatre, without knowing much at all about the plot or setting, […]