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STRAUSS AT MIDNIGHT: Post Your Review
Posted by DCA Theater on June 11, 2009 in January-June 2009 Season, Strauss At Midnight
June 11, 2009 — July 19, 2009
Storefront Theater
Theater Oobleck visits Oscar Madison’s apartment in order to explore such “Odd Couples” as liberty and tyranny, love and hate, man and superman. When a time-traveling tourist on a prehistoric safari accidentally kills a butterfly, Oscar and Felix’s poker table becomes the battleground for human civilization. Incorporating Saul Bellow, Niccolo Machiavelli, and University of Chicago Neo-Con godfathers Leo Strauss and Allan Bloom, this world premiere takes Neil Simon’s most famous play into Tom Stoppard territory and considers a society where the super-privileged can redesign the fabric of time and space.
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Comments (5)
I think you should, without question, go and see Strauss at Midnight. I freakin’ love theater that requires literacy from its audience and this is some blisteringly smart art. It opens this weekend and it’s free if your broke. I love a ‘Pay What You Can’ production in the Loop. Gotta love the DCA Theater folks, dontcha?
Centerstage’s Rory Leahy writes: “A supremely entertaining look at the mindset that leads to very dismal events, ‘Strauss’ is worth seeing, more than once.” Click here to read the full review.
New City’s Monica Westin writes: “RECOMMENDED… A veritable buffet of intellectual treats for the the theater geek… Jeff Dorchen’s play is incredibly smart… “Strauss at Midnight” is probably the boldest production you’ll see this year.” Click here to read the full review.
John Beer of Time Out Chicago calls “Strauss”: “Savage, inventive and very funny...” Click here to read the full review.
Tony Adler of the Chicago Reader calls the “Strauss” cast “...the best I’ve ever seen in an Oobleck show. This is a Chicago fringe all-star team...” Click here to read the full review.