A Red Orchid Theatre
1531 N Wells St
312.943.8722
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- When
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Feb 12, 2010 – Mar 28, 2010
Thursdays–Saturdays (8pm)
Sundays (3pm)
- Where
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- Price
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$15 - 30
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In films like Secrets & Lies, Life Is Sweet and Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh explores the foibles of human behavior. He does likewise in this stage depiction of a 1970s cocktail party gone awry, exposing the prejudices, pretensions, and peccadilloes of its aspiring suburban set. As he's done in filmdom, Leigh reached his sense of these characters through extensive improvisation with his original cast; what he's really after, of course, is their fundamental humanity in all its ragged beauty. A Red Orchid Theatre continues a cinema-tinged season that opened with a vehicle for Oscar nominee and ensemble member Michael Shannon.
