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A hit novel that became a hit play that became a hit film! Jack Nicholson played the leading role of McMurphy in the movie as a charming rogue who pleads insanity to get out of his latest prison sentence. Unfortunately, his plan backfires and he is sent to a mental institution where he clashes head on with a fierce disciplinarian by the name of Nurse Ratched. McMurphy and Ratched compete for the hearts and minds of the other patients in a power struggle of wits and charisma versus smarts and tyranny. He leads his fellow patients out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the World Series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and loose women. The play stands as one of the finest dramatic and heart-wrenching scripts in modern theatre and culminates in both a shocking yet somehow sweet ending. (Contains some adult language)
- Dale Wasserman
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The Thanksgiving Play
Ensemble Theater In Honor of Helen Zell at Steppenwolf (4/25 - 6/2) | |
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Paramount Theatre (4/24 - 6/16) | |
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Murder in the Cathedral
City Lit Theater (5/3 - 6/16) | |
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Last Stop on Market Street
Greenhouse Theater Center (5/11 - 6/2) | |
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Chicago Writer''s Bloc 2024 New Play Festival
Theater Wit (5/5 - 5/12) | |
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All The Best From Frank and Liza
Borelli's (5/18 - 5/18) | |
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Ross Johnson: A Funny Thing Happened...Tomorrow!
Rhapsody Theater (5/1 - 6/5) | |
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Hot Clown Sex
Newport Theater (4/12 - 5/10)
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Wicked
Peoria Civic Center (8/20 - 8/31) | |
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