Theater-Chicago

A GLITCH IN THE FAMILY Brenda Barrie shines, but this AI drama does not compute A spare stage greets you as you walk into the Gillian Theatre for Matthew Libby’s Sisters, the opening play of the 35th season of Writers Theatre. A leather armchair, an accent table, and a lamp sit on an elevated platform,…

COME FROM AWAY GETS CLOSER AT MARRIOTT Marriott’s intimate in-the-round staging brings the audience directly into Gander’s remarkable story Twenty-five years ago on September 11, 38 commercial airline flights were diverted to a tiny Newfoundland town called Gander when U.S. airspace closed following the 9/11 attacks. Come From Away, the musical by Irene Sankoff and…