New play reviews
Mine
Laura Marks's eerie play marries modern parenting anxieties with folklore, but the Gift's production doesn't bring it to full fruition.
Ain't No Crying the Blues (In the Memory of Howlin' Wolf)
Jackie Taylor doesn't find much drama in the life of blues legend Howlin' Wolf, but as usual Black Ensemble does a bang-up job on the music.
The Pride
Alexi Kaye Campbell's time-shifting gay drama gets an accomplished and overdue Chicago premiere.
A Cole Porter Songbook
The flow of songs isn't always elegant, but there's much about this new Cole Porter revue that's easy to love.
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Mine
Laura Marks's eerie play marries modern parenting anxieties with folklore, but the Gift's production doesn't bring it to full fruition.
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Inside Jeanne Gang's studio
In advance of the Art Institute’s exhibition on the MacArthur Fellowship-winning architect, we tour her studio—and try to figure out what makes her tick.
