The Reader’s writers and critics look back on this year’s productions and screenings
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Looking back at some of the best productions and biggest stories of 2022
It wasn’t exactly back to normal, but several shows this year offered a vision of community healing. by Kerry Reid
And, scene: 2022 Theater stories
Spiritual healing Black Ensemble Theater takes us to church. by Marissa Oberlander
Heat in August Monty Cole’s blistering staging of Fences for American Blues should not be missed. by Kelly Kleiman
He’s just not that into you Chicago Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well deals with the messiness of unrequited love. by Catey Sullivan
Murder, she wrote In The Locusts, a serial-killer investigation unveils one family’s generational trauma. by Kerry Reid
That’s a wrap: 2022 Film stories
What’s old becomes new again A Reader writer’s 2022 repertory roundup by Kat Sachs
Thrill of recognition or contempt for inaccuracy Hulu’s The Bear might not “get” Chicago, but audiences enjoy this rendering of it anyway. by John Wilmes
Theater is a place for all of us, and so is Sundance. Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Nataki Garrett on digital theater, her new film, and making space for Black women in the arts by Sheri Flanders
The Woman King by Sheri Flanders
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