Chicago Theater Review: MACHINAL (Greenhouse Theater Center)
MURDER—A REFUSAL TO SUBMIT? You could call Machinal a nightmare under stage lights. Still potent after nearly ninety years, Sophie Treadwell's 1928 drama can't be dismissed as a victim's vindication or as the proto-feminist defense of an angry housewife's license to kill. It goes beyond blame-throwing and special pleas: Treadwell's 90-minute indictment, here revived in a powerhouse […]