Articles tagged with: Josh Schmidt
‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ at Writers: Innocence and experience backed into last corner of hope
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Review: What makes Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s 1955 play “The Diary of Anne Frank” so compelling – and it is nothing less in the current production at Writers Theatre – fills a large frame of human drama. It is a complex profile of hope shadowed by terror and despair, and finally crushed under the boot of hatred. But still, first, there is innocent hope, a luminous vision of life abounding in wonder, possibility and good. ★★★★★
‘The Dance of Death’ at Writers: Wedded war rages in old Sweden; fresh look at Strindberg
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Review: If you liked Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” you’ll love the original: August Strindberg’s “The Dance of Death,” wherein a toxic, blood-sport marriage between a venomous old soldier and his hissing wife make the sniping between Albee’s George and Martha feel once more present in the room. Writers Theatre provides the well-polished dance floor for Strindberg’s caustic waltz. ★★★★★
Shrouded in dreams and illusion, Goodman’s ‘Sweet Bird of Youth’ teeters into nightmare
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Review: ★★★★
Steppenwolf captures pulse and horror of war with Sherman’s march through Georgia
![Steppenwolf captures pulse and horror of war with Sherman’s march through Georgia (front) General William Tecumseh Sherman (Harry Groener) and (right) Major Morrison (Cliff Chamberlain) watch the battle from afar with several other Union soldiers in Steppenwolf Theatre Company?s world-premiere production of The March, based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow, adapted and directed by ensemble member Frank Galati. The March runs April 5 ? June 10, 2012 in Steppenwolf?s Downstairs Theatre (1650 N Halsted St).](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/The-March-world-premiere-2012-Steppenwolf-Harry-Groener-as-General-Sherman-and-Cliff-Chamberlain-as-Major-Morrison-watch-the-battle-from-afar-credit-Michael-Brosilow-125x125.jpg)
Doctorow’s novel on stage. 4 stars!