(Hedy Weiss’s article appeared in The Chicago Sun-Times, 10/25.)
Philip Dawkins’ altogether beguiling new play, “Charm,” now receiving its world premiere in a Northlight Theatre production fittingly staged in the Steppenwolf Garage Theatre, could easily be summed up like this: Based on a true story, this is a look at what happens when a decidedly contemporary version of Emily Post arrives to teach an etiquette class at a place very much like the Center on Halsted, that gathering place dedicated to “securing the health and well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people of Chicagoland.” But this would not even begin to suggest the play’s magic.
http://entertainment.suntimes.com/stage/perfectly-modern-manners-philip-dawkins-charm/
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