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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
November 15, 2019 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
One event on November 19, 2019 at 8:00 PM
One event on November 20, 2019 at 8:00 PM
One event on November 21, 2019 at 8:00 PM
One event on November 22, 2019 at 8:00 PM
One event on November 23, 2019 at 8:00 PM
One event on November 23, 2019 at 2:00 PM
One event on November 16, 2019 at 8:00 PM
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
By Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Angela Scott
In The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Bertolt Brecht, one of modern theater’s most important playwrights, satirizes the rise of Nazi Party in pre-WWII Germany, placing the story of mobster Arturo Ui in 1930s Chicago, where he attempts to control the cauliflower racket.
Performances
November 15-16 and 19-22, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
November 23, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Little Theater
“The American gangster movie meets Richard III” — The Guardian
“…few people are likely to leave ‘Arturo Ui’ thinking how scary it is in its topicality.” — Ben Brantley, The New York Times