Theatre with a side of life
The Gift Theatre presents DOUBT: A PARABLE. Playwright John Patrick Shanley debuted this play in 2004. The story, set in the Bronx in 1964, is about a priest accused by a nun of molesting a child. Shanley’s premiere was after the Boston Globe’s 2002 report on numerous pedophile priests and before a decade long avalanche of ...
The Gift Theatre, in conjunction with Steppenwolf Theatre, presents RICHARD III. Michael Patrick Thornton (Richard) stars in this Machiavellian rise to power. Shakespeare describes his lead as a deformed man with a hunchback. Under the innovative direction of Jessica Thebus, Thornton, an actor with a disability, performs the role from his wheelchair. Thornton ruthlessly manipulates his ...
Reviewed by Tom Lawler The Gift Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of BETHANY. A few things about this bracing look back at our recent (and lingering) Great Recession actually reminded me of an earlier era of economic hardship: the ‘80s. Maybe it was the Trumpian motivational speaker (a slithering James D. Farruggio) espousing his how-to-get-rich philosophy, ...