Review: Burning Bluebeard (The Ruffians)

By Chicagotheaterbeat @chitheaterbeat
After all the superlatives, it’s enough to say that this is not just great theatre, it’s the reason to go to theatre—to be transported, challenged, moved, enraptured. Bluebeard goes another level beyond even that. As a celebration of the power of art to make meaning from an indifferent universe, it connects you to this event and to the humanity of the people around you in the audience. “Will you remember me?” asks Nellie. How could we forget? (read more and see production pictures...)