🎭 2022 in Review: Theater and Film

The Reader's writers and critics look back on this year's productions and screenings [READER]( The Daily Reader [Looking back at some of the best productions and biggest stories of 2022]( It wasn’t exactly back to normal, but several shows this year offered a vision of community healing. by [Kerry Reid]( [And, scene: 2022 Theater stories]( [Spiritual healing]( Black Ensemble Theater takes us to church. by [Marissa Oberlander]( [Heat in August]( Monty Cole’s blistering staging of Fences for American Blues should not be missed. by [Kelly Kleiman]( [He’s just not that into you]( Chicago Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well deals with the messiness of unrequited love. by [Catey Sullivan]( [Murder, she wrote]( In The Locusts, a serial-killer investigation unveils one family’s generational trauma. by [Kerry Reid]( [That's a wrap: 2022 Film stories]( [What’s old becomes new again]( A Reader writer’s 2022 repertory roundup by [Kat Sachs]( [Thrill of recognition or contempt for inaccuracy]( Hulu’s The Bear might not “get” Chicago, but audiences enjoy this rendering of it anyway. by [John Wilmes]( [Theater is a place for all of us, and so is Sundance.]( Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Nataki Garrett on digital theater, her new film, and making space for Black women in the arts by [Sheri Flanders]( [The Woman King]( by [Sheri Flanders]( 🙋🏽‍♀️ Please help the Reader by taking this [quick survey]( [Issue of Dec. 22, 2022 – Jan. 11, 2023 Vol. 52, No. 6]( [Download Issue]( [View this e-mail as a web page]( [@chicago_reader]( [/chicagoreader]( [@chicago_reader]( [Chicago Reader on LinkedIn]( [/chicagoreader]( [chicagoreader.com]( [Forward this e-mail to a friend](. Want to change how you receive these e-mails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. Copyright © 2022 Chicago Reader, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Chicago Reader, 2930 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 102, Chicago, IL 60616