Steppenwolf’s ‘This Is Modern Art’ Tagged With Controversy
Two major critics diss a new play about graffiti and hip-hop culture, igniting a debate about privilege, race and who gets to tell young people’s stories.
Category Archives: Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Goodman Theatre’s 2015–16 Season to Include 4 World Premieres
New plays by Jose Rivera, Thomas Bradshaw, Charise Castro Smith and Seth Bockley highlight the Chicago theatre’s next season.
Court Theatre 2015–16 Season to Include New Translation of ‘Agamemnon’
Also announced for the Chicago theatre are ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf,’ ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ and Greta Oglesby, back as Aunt Esther in ‘Gem of the Ocean.’
Charles Schulz, Louis Sachar and Roald Dahl Lead First Stage’s 2015–16 Season
The Milwaukee company’s 29th season also includes the world premiere of a stage adaptation of ‘Ella Enchanted’ and new works in the theatre’s First Steps series.
Strawdog Travels ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’
How do you adapt an underwater epic for the stage? Very carefully, say adaptors Ann Sonneville and Clint Sheffer.
The Goodman Theatre Claims a Piece of August Wilson’s Ground
Director Chuck Smith curates an August Wilson Celebration, with readings of all 10 of the Century Cycle plays and little-heard Wilson poetry.
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Slates New Comedies, Returning Favorites
Season to include world premieres by Karen Zacarías and Lauren Gunderson, revivals of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘The Secret Garden,’ and a new play about Satchel Paige.
Cincinnati Shakespeare Season an Ensemble-Driven Slate of History, Romance
In kicking off the Bard’s ‘Henry VI’ trilogy and closing with a Caesarian double bill, the troupe puts its ensemble talent front and center.
Heavy-Hitting ‘Hammer Trilogy’ Envisioned as an American King Arthur Myth
Fantasy and mythology cross-breed with early American history in Nathan Allen’s ambitious three-play series, now at last running in repertory.
Halcyon Theatre Announces a Season of Otherworldly Plays by Women
The small Chicago theatre, newly affiliated with Actors Equity, plans an ambitious slate of new plays by Madhuri Shekar, Charise Castro Smith and Callie Kimball.
