Articles tagged with: Brian Hoehne
‘The Humans’ at American Theater Company: Family as vortex of love and the unspeakable
![‘The Humans’ at American Theater Company: Family as vortex of love and the unspeakable Boyfriend Richard (Lance Baker, foreground) learns a family tradition from the Blakes, from left, Erik (Keith Kupferer), Deirdre (Hanna Dworkin), Aime](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Boyfriend-Richard-Lance-Baker-foreground-learns-a-family-tradition-from-the-Blakes-from-left-Erik-Keith-Kupferer-Deirdre-Hanna-Dworkin-Aime-125x125.jpg)
Review: As a slice of life play, Stephen Karam’s “The Humans,” taps deep into the real and complicated meaning of family values, and it leaves a stunning impression. In American Theater Company’s close-knit ensemble production, it is so casually articulate, genuinely empathic, starkly true. ★★★
Teatro Vista’s ‘A View From the Bridge’ frames tragedy of good man snared by nameless trap
![Teatro Vista’s ‘A View From the Bridge’ frames tragedy of good man snared by nameless trap Eddie (Ramon Camin, left) gives Rodolpho (Tommy Rivera-Vega) a boxing lesson as the family watches. (Joel Maisonet)](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Eddie-Ramon-Camin-left-gives-Rodolpho-Tommy-Rivera-Vega-a-boxing-lesson-as-the-family-watches.-Joel-Maisonet-125x125.jpg)
Review: Great theater does not require introduction or advocacy. It announces and proclaims itself. It is, in other words, what it is. Behold the heart-breaking, thrilling greatness of Teatro Vista’s raw-boned take on Arthur Miller’s classic 1950s tragedy “A View From the Bridge,” the story of Eddie Carbone, a dock worker in Brooklyn’s Italian-American community scaping together a living even as he veers toward catastrophe. ★★★★★