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‘The Mountaintop’ at Court: In Dr. King’s final hours, coffee served from a cup of revelation

Sep 17, 2013 – 4:39 pm | 8,677 views
David Alan Anderson and Lisa Beasley in 'The Mountaintop' by Katori Hall at Court Theatre 2013 (Michael Brosilow)

Review: On his last night on earth, exhausted from his civil rights campaign, the threat of assassination constantly before him, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., perhaps hinted at a premonition of his own end when he declared that he had “been to the mountaintop” and “seen the Promised Land.” Playwright Katori Hall spins that intimation into luminous fantasy in “The Mountaintop,” a transmigrational arabesque for two players that now irradiates the stage at Court Theatre. ★★★★

‘Othello: The Remix’ brings hip hop to Shakespeare’s tragedy of a hero’s long fall

Mar 28, 2013 – 2:15 pm | 9,898 views
Jackson Doran, GQ, Postell Pringle and JQ in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s 2013 "Othello The Remix" by the Q Brothers credit Michael Brosilow

Review: ★★★★

Faith and human frailty prove volatile mixture in ATC pairing of ‘Doubt’ and ‘Agnes of God’

Oct 9, 2012 – 6:11 pm | 16,593 views
Sadieh Rifai as Sister Agnes in American Theater Company’s production of Agnes of God 2012 credit Peter Coombs

Review: ★★★★ and ★★★