Editor’s Note for March 2015
Plays outside the theatre walls are the focus of our two main features; plays outside other theatrical traditions are the subjects of others.
The Gamm’s Season 31 Offers a Range of Classic and Contemporary Plays
A political satire by George Brant and a drama by Andrew Case about police brutality highlight a season that also includes Williams, Shakespeare and McDonagh.
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate in ‘The Good Book’
After taking on Homer with ‘An Iliad,’ Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare tackle the Bible for Chicago’s Court Theater—and find that the Scriptures can give as good as they get.
Onstage This Week: Mar. 2-9
Families both fictive and real, and our alternately shared and shirked responsibility to our fellow humans, related or not, are among the themes highlighted this week onstage.
People’s Light Slates Eight-Show Season of Dramas, Comedies and Musicals
The Pennsylvania theatre includes dramas by Laura Schellhardt and Zak Berkman, a new Musketeers musical, a Jane Austen adaptation and more.
Paper Mill Brings in Name Artists, World Premiere Musicals for 77th Season
The New Jersey musical-theater company plans premieres of ‘A Bronx Tale’ and ‘Bandstand’ and revivals of ‘Pump Boys’ and ‘West Side Story.’
Tympanic Theatre Company Ties Plays to the Tracks (Album Tracks, That Is)
A Chicago troupe explores a new way to build short-play festivals around a theme: taking inspiration from seminal rock albums.
Women in Mind: The Muses That Moved Williams and Shakespeare
Tina Packer tracks the Bard’s growth via his female characters, and James Grissom tracks down divas who alternately inspired and frustrated Williams.
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.
Bathsheba Doran, On the Trail of ‘The Mystery of Love & Sex’
Her new play unfolds like a detective story, which is only fitting, since the playwright doesn’t map out her work but discovers it as she writes.
