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When: Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through Nov. 7 2009
Phone: 773-296-6024
Price: $15-$20
Phone: 773-296-6024
Price: $15-$20
The three-year-old, heretofore unremarkable Sinnerman Ensemble teams up with veteran director Sheldon Patinkin and instantly joins the big league, turning Anton Chekhov's stylistically tricky first play--about a depressed, disillusioned landowner struggling to find an ounce of compassion for his dying wife--into a riveting exploration of the tragic and farcical flounderings of the human heart. Sure, there are a couple flat performances, and a few key moments are lost in half-light. But the inquisitive, passionate, disarmingly young cast are so in tune with Chekhov's nuanced style they make Patinkin's 2001 Steppenwolf production of Uncle Vanya look like a middle-school pageant. These two-and-a-half hours are about all you need to understand why Chekhov, theater, and life matter. --Justin Hayford
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Viaduct Theater
- Roscoe Village 3111 N. Western Ave.
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773-296-6024
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