plays
Staceyann Chin takes Chicago by storm in one-woman show: “MotherStruck!”
June 15, 2016The Chicago-based one-woman show brings audiences to tears of laughter and pain.
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Eugene O’Neill’s “The Hairy Ape”: A shocking protest against capitalist barbarism
May 19, 2016It's a product of the post-World War I Expressionist school, with exaggerated characters, writ in bold strokes, often with harsh, mordant commentary.
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The power of music: Alexander the Great and Handel in wartime
April 20, 2016Handel composed Alexander's Feast in early 1736; it became one of his most popular and most often revived works during his lifetime.
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This week in history: 400 years since death of Shakespeare
April 18, 2016What immortal characters, prescient visions, fantastic worlds, and all-comprehending humanity did this writer pluck from his imagination!
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“Six Characters in Search of An Author”: Performing Pirandello’s pirouettes
April 6, 2016Sicilian playwright Luigi Pirandello's iconoclastic play is all the more impressive when one takes into account that its premiere in Rome was way back in 1921.
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