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Theatre
Wait Until Dark

When

Mar 5, 2009 – Apr 5, 2009

Wednesdays–Thursdays (7:30pm)

Fridays (8pm)

Saturdays (3 & 8pm)

Sundays (2:30 & 7:30pm)

Where
Court Theatre at the University of Chicago (5535 S Ellis Ave, 773.753.4472)
Price
Various prices
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In a time of creeping horrors like war, recession, terrorism and Bernie Madoff, there's perverse satisfaction to be gleaned from a stage play whose menace is quantifiable (not to mention fictional). Mystery thriller Wait Until Dark is the Hitchcockian tale of a recently blinded woman targeted by a trio of criminals trying to recover a valuable object hidden in her apartment. Legitimately scary moments punctuate the tension in this competent Court Theatre production of a script by suspense master Frederick Knott (Dial "M" for Murder). Fans of the 1967 Audrey Hepburn movie version won't be disappointed.

Ben Bass