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CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
Audio Theater Review: Invictus Theatre’s ‘Topdog/Underdog'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 29, 2024 - 4:13pm
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Through March 31 at the Windy City Playhouse
Photo credit: InvictusTheatreCo.com
The Invictus Theatre Co. Production of ”Topdog/Underdog” is at the Windy City Playhouse, 3914 West Irving Park Road in Chicago through March 31st, 2024. Featuring Mikha’el Amin and DeMorris Burrows. Written by Suzan Lori-Parks. Directed by Aaron Reese Boseman. For more information on the Invictus Theatre, click here.
© 2024 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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CHICAGO – When two brothers confront the sins of each other and it expands into a psychology of an entire race, it’s at a stage play found in Chicago’s Invictus Theatre Company production of “Topdog/Underdog,” now at their new home at the Windy City Playhouse through March 31st, 2024. Click TD/UD for tickets/info.
 Play Rating: 5.0/5.0 |
Lincoln (Mikha’el Amin) and Booth (DeMorris Burrows) are black brothers living together in a rundown apartment. Absurdly, Lincoln is actually portraying Abraham Lincoln at a historically themed amusement park, and brother Booth is idle, dreaming of proposing to his girlfriend. Lincoln took his job after he stopped conning folks with a 3-Card monte act, but Booth is desperate to be taught how to practice this con. When Lincoln loses his job on the night of Booth’s elaborate proposal dinner, their confrontation is inevitable.
Through March 31 at the Windy City Playhouse
Photo credit: InvictusTheatreCo.com
Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio review of “Topdog/Underdog” …
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
