Eugene O'Neill's Only Comedy Ah, Wilderness!
Athenaeum Theatre, at W Oakdale Ave (2936 North Southport Avenue Chicago, IL 60657)
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- $18.00 - $28.00
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The last date listed for Ah, Wilderness! was Sunday September 2, 2012 / 2:00pm.
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Set in Hollywood over a 70-year period, Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage's pseudo-biographical comedy By the Way, Meet Vera Stark follows the life of a headstrong African-American actress who begins a career in the 1930s, at a time when her only shot at success lay in stealing small scenes in big Hollywood blockbusters. Seventy years later, film buffs reflect on the life and legacy of the controversial star, whose eventual fame and fortune came at the price of perpetuating dangerous stereotypes. Nottage artfully blends comedy and social commentary for a thoroughly entertaining yet thought-provoking picture of the cultural climate that shaped Vera Stark. Clever and illuminating, this show draws on screwball films of the 1930s and uses today's fascination with celebrity and controversy to get to the truth behind the legend, and reflect on who she might have been if she'd lived in a different time. Learn More
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Casual
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There is a small bar in the building with beer, wine, soft drinks and snacks
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We took the bus up Diversey to
19 Goldstar Member Reviews
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Written on Sep 06 2012A dated O'Neil play. EXCELLENTLY ACTED.particularly Alex Weisman
Chuck L
Goldstar Member
Written on Aug 27 2012The play was really very well acted and the scenery was very well done. It's too bad the theatre can't be up-dated to be par with the great acting.
Goldstar Member
Written on Aug 24 2012Eugene O'Neil, is not a funny man.
Pat C.
Red Velvet Member
Written on Aug 24 2012SUPERB acting saved this dated and predictable family dramedy from complete yawner-hood. I suspect it was novel, even ground-breaking, in its day, but the characters seem stereotypical and the themes trite today.
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This play runs about 2 hours and 20 minutes with intermission.
About the Ticket Supplier: Eclipse Theatre Company
Eclipse Theatre Company chooses one playwright per season and focuses on the works of that playwright only. Through this total immersion in a specific playwright's world, the ensemble gains a thorough understanding of that playwright and the circumstances of his/her writing in order to bring a more concentrated and literate representation of that playwright to the audience.
Playwrights who have written more than three plays are eligible for consideration, as well as playwrights who have shown a definite range of growth throughout their careers. On deciding which plays to perform, a great factor is the challenge that the piece presents to the ensemble and its audience.
Since the inception of the one playwright-one season mission in 1997, playwrights that have been featured with Eclipse include French Playwright Jean Cocteau; Legendary American Playwrights Tennessee Williams, Lillian Hellman and Neil Simon, New York Playwrights Romulus Linney and John Guare, and Chicago native Keith Reddin.