Chicago Theater Review: THE AMERICAN MERCY TOUR (Greenhouse Theater Center)
WHEN MEDICINE GETS SICK "First, do no harm." A no-brainer, this unarguable warning in the Hippocratic Oath apparently defies and defines the medical profession in 2017. Mercy Killings and Side Effects, well-targeted protest portraits written and performed by Michael Milligan, drive home its disillusionments, conflicts of interest, contradictions, betrayals and broken promises—both for patients and doct…