The Beautiful City Project Will Host A SECRET GARDEN PARTY in May
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 30, 2024
The Beautiful City Project has announced the cast of its unique May fundraising cabaret. A SECRET GARDEN PARTY will feature over a dozen songs about gardens and flowers, bringing gorgeous tunes to life. This VIP-level event will raise funds for TBCP's upcoming production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, whose proceeds will go to the fantastic organization Intentional Sports.
Review: THE NACIREMA SOCIETY at Goodman Theatre
by Rachel Weinberg
- Sep 27, 2023
It seems fitting that Goodman Theatre opens new Artistic Director Susan V. Booth’s inaugural season with THE NACIREMA SOCIETY, a play that’s about coming out to society. This Chicago premiere marks a continuation of Booth’s long-standing relationship with celebrated Black playwright Pearl Cleage. THE NACIREMA SOCIETY takes the form of an extended farce, following the incredibly wealthy Dunbar family in 1964 Montgomery, Alabama. In this light-hearted (if not always legitimately laugh-out-loud) comedic play, Cleage draws heavily from classic farce conventions. As the centennial event of matriarch Grace Dubose Dunbar’s beloved Nacirema Society, Montgomery’s organization for Black young women, dawns — and she awaits her own granddaughter Grace’s coming out — the antics become more and more heightened as family secrets come to light.
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