Articles tagged with: Tosin Morohunfola
Comic sequel to ‘Pride & Prejudice’ bundles bookish romance into shining Christmas play
![Comic sequel to ‘Pride & Prejudice’ bundles bookish romance into shining Christmas play Author Renee Rosen
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Northlight Theatre dress rehearsal for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.
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Northlight Theatre dress rehearsal for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.
Charles Osgood Photography
Northlight Theatre dress rehearsal for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.
Charles Osgood Photography
Northlight Theatre dress rehearsal for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.
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Review: Less than halfway through “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley,” a happy world premiere in the spirit of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” I found myself wishing that Elizabeth Bennet had eight sisters, not four. That way I could look forward to more Austen sequels by the playwright team of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. They have done a pitch-perfect job assimilating the 19th-century novelist’s way with words while spinning entirely new adventures for the bookish, presumably unmarriageable, middle sister of the Bennet household – Mary. ★★★★
‘Pullman Porter Blues’ at Goodman: Rails hum song of black men’s pride and sacrifice
![‘Pullman Porter Blues’ at Goodman: Rails hum song of black men’s pride and sacrifice 'Pullman Porter Blues' at the Goodman (Liz Lauren)](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Pullman-Porter-Blues-at-the-Goodman-Liz-Lauren-125x125.jpg)
Review:It is redolent of Chicago, eloquent of a shadowed time that was, Cheryl L. West’s song-filled “Pullman Porter Blues” at the Goodman Theatre. It is a gritty, pulsing, sweet hymn to the generations of black men who made train-travel hum back in the day. ★★★★