Detroit
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 19, 2010
Closed Nov 7, 2010
Opened Sep 19, 2010
Closed Nov 7, 2010
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Picture-perfect couple Ben and Mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors who've moved into the long-empty house next door. Three barbecues later, the fledgling friendship veers out of control, shattering Ben and Mary's carefully maintained semblance of success - with comic, unexpected consequences.
Detroit is a fresh, off-beat look at what happens when we dare to open ourselves up to something new.
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When people unfamiliar with the work of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov see his plays, they often feel that nothing happens. His characters spend weeks eating, taking tea, drinking vodka, airing complaints, engaging in dalliances and sighing with unrequited love before any major dramatic event takes place. Still, by the end of the play everyone's lives have changed forever. Lisa D'Amour's engaging new play
Detroit, now being presented by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, takes place far away from Russia, but it ultimately shares some -- if not quite enough -- Chekhovian attributes.
Despite its Motor City title, the work actually takes place in "a suburb outside a mid-sized American city." [...]