http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP8inRjsM9s
This is what it could be like - Julia signing autographs
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/ne ... 12547.html
I´d say, the new cast looks a BIT better - just an itsy bitsy bit
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/ ... heate.html
What terrific news. Keith Huff is a good writer and this is a good play. This is a great thing for new plays and Chicago theatre, and I'm delighted to see a
character-driven, text-based play get such accolades. It reminds us that the basis of theatre is story-telling, not empty spectacle and shock. Congrats to all.
Exciting design
The more I read about this, the more I see, that it so fits him to a T. Exactly what he is always looking for, whether in film or on stage.
Keith Huff's crackerjack two-hander "A Steady Rain" turns out to be less like the perpetual drizzle of its title and more like a snowball that builds to an avalanche. While Huff starts with a couple of familiar characters -- good-cop, bad-cop Chicago patrolmen with alcohol and racism issues -- he deepens them into complex figures, compellingly human even when at their most despicable. The adroit character development combines with a billowing narrative to deliver some rattling emotional crescendos.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117935 ... id=33&cs=1
http://www.theatreinchicago.com/playdet ... layID=1915
A Steady Rain
Royal George Theatre
1641 N. Halsted Chicago
A Steady Rain chronicles love and rage on the streets of Chicago as a domestic disturbance call sends two Chicago cops, friends since childhood, on a harrowing journey that will test their loyalties and change their lives forever. During a routine day, a pair of seasoned policemen, Denny and Joey, return a panic-stricken boy to his guardian. The two protagonists relate their shared story from very different perspectives, giving a picture of family in all its forms, along with the questionable moral choices made in its name. As their lifelong friendship is put to the ultimate test, both men must deal with honor and loyalty in the face of adversity. After a successful run at Chicago Dramatists the play moved to the current location of Royal George Theatre.