Cover art of the Dramatist The Season That Was/Not Was Issue: a dark curtain coming down on an idyllic, colorful town
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Chicago 2019/20 Season in Review
  • Nondumiso Tembe and Ladysmith Black Mambazo in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Lindiwe. Photo by Michael Brosilow.
    Nondumiso Tembe and Ladysmith Black Mambazo in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Lindiwe by ERIC SIMONSON. Photo by Michael Brosilow.
  • Karen Rodriguez and Dyllan Rodrigues-Miller in Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ world premiere of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Photo by Michael Brosilow.
    Karen Rodriguez and Dyllan Rodrigues-Miller in Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ world premiere of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by ISAAC GÓMEZ. Photo by Michael Brosilow.
  • Production photo of Howards End
    Heather Chrisler and Terry Bell in the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company production of Howards End adapted by DOUGLAS POST. Photo: Michael Courier
  • Production photo from Twice, Thrice, Frice
    Catherine Dildilian and Annalise Raziq in the Silk Road Rising production of Twice, Thrice, Frice by FOUAD TEYMOUR. Photo: Airan Wright
  • Production photo from The Tasters
    Shariba Rivers and Eric Slater in The Tasters by MEGHAN BROWN at Rivendell Theatre. Photo: Michael Brosilow
  • Production photo from First Deep Breath
    Patrick Agada, Melanie Loren, and David Alan Anderson in the Victory Gardens world premiere of The First Deep Breath by LEE EDWARD COLSTON II. Photo: Liz Lauren

Cheryl Coons:  “Wait ‘til next year.” For Chicago Cubs fans, that phrase used to be shorthand for the annual heartbreak, as the team repeatedly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory during playoff season. The infamous 108-year “curse” of the Cubs was lifted in 2016 when the team won the World Series, and a new musical about that moment, Miracle, with a score by Michael Mahler and book by Jason Brett, premiered in May 2019 at the Royal George Theatre.

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