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Superior Donuts(0)

February 17, 2012

An old dog learns some new tricks in Mary-Arrchie’s post-Steppenwolf production of the Chicago-set story of Superior Donuts. Its casting and direction help raise an otherwise sitcom-esque premise to a genuine tale of redemption and new beginnings.

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Ameriville

The righteously indignant tone that pervades so much of the production seems to be that of the “last angry man” at open-mic night. Ultimately it’s a disappointment to see so much effort spent reminding us to have empathy for a weary world. It offends by putting us on the offensive by aggressively assuming we lack it.

Motion

A fast-paced look at the world of professional sports that tries to invest the audience in the players outside the stadium as much as we invest in those who play within it.

Death and Harry Houdini

That lesson is not lost in The House Theatre of Chicago’s revival production of Death and Harry Houdini, the show that put them on the map ten years ago. It’s a true wonder of Chicago theatre—mingling vaudeville with magic, prose with poetry.


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