National Theatre of Scotland’s “Black Watch,” which opened the evening of October 10, is a tough show. Presented by Chicago Shakespeare Theater after a successful run last year at the Broadway Armory, it is billed as a musical, though it’s not clear why. Recordings of bagpipes do drone on and plenty of marches, patriotic anthems […]
At a few moments during “Black Watch,” it sounds as if fighter jets are actually dropping bombs inside the Broadway Armory on Chicago’s North Side. Everything seems joltingly real—the roar of aircraft, the shock of explosions, the flashes of light. But as impressive as those effects are, what makes playwright Gregory Burke’s “Black Watch” so […]
In honor of Veterans Day, we’re highlighting a special article from earlier this year. Please take a moment to read it and remember to offer thanks to the veterans in your life. … Memorial Day—the last Monday in May—is another day when Winnetka’s bugling barber sounds his mournful notes in remembrance of America’s war dead. […]
