As the New York World-Telegram & Sun describes: "In the basement of a long-abandoned restaurant, two hired killers nervously await their next assignment. Barred from daylight and living public contact by the nature of their work, they expend their waiting time in bickering. So eerie is the situation that everything becomes comic, or grotesque, or both. Ben re-reading a newspaper and exclaiming in disbelief over the news items, Gus fussing with an offstage stove and offstage plumbing. Ben bludgeoning Gus into silence if he as much as mentions their work. Gus worrying that someone had slept in his bed. So then the ancient dumbwaiter comes to life, the suspense becomes almost unbearable—that expertly has Pinter put the nerves of his characters and audience on edge."
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Ensemble Theater In Honor of Helen Zell at Steppenwolf (4/25 - 6/2) | ||
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Paramount Theatre (4/24 - 6/16) | ||
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Downstairs Theater At Steppenwolf Theatre (6/13 - 7/21) | ||
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The Center for Performing Arts (3/15 - 3/15) | ||
Barbie The Movie: In Concert
Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre (8/8 - 8/8) | ||
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Summer Place Theatre (6/21 - 6/30) | ||
Viva la Mort
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Attempts on Her Life
TUTA Theatre (6/5 - 7/14) | ||
Warm on the Coolin' Board
Greenhouse Theater Center (5/2 - 6/1) | ||
World War Women™ The Unsung Heroines of WWII
Eisenhower Public Library (6/20 - 6/20) | ||
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