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Theater 2015-16: Ever-changeable Hypocrites plan two intense musicals, three dark dramas

Aug 26, 2015 – 9:51 pm
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Fourth in a series of season previews: The Chicago theater company that now appears to be one thing, then slyly becomes completely different (and hence calls itself The Hypocrites), will serve up a typically careening season for 2015-16: two existential musicals framing three plays that peer deeply into the abyss of fate.

The New Season: Modern retelling of Iphigenia legend will raise the curtain for Next Theatre

Aug 9, 2012 – 11:55 am
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Fifth in a series of season previews: The Chicago theater community has become good at Really Old Tales Retold, especially the ancient Greek myths and legends. Evanston’s Next Theatre opens its 2012-13 season with Charles Mee’s “Iphigenia 2.0,” about a king who plans to sacrifice his daughter so the gods will allow his fleet of war ships to set sail for Troy.