The title of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's fascinating, flawed play about massive social change in China, "The World of Extreme Happiness," is almost beyond ironic. Nobody in this work, premiering at the Goodman Theater in Chicago in a co-production with Manhattan Theater Club (where the show will play later this season), can be considered happy —... Read more »
SOURCE: Variety at 02:55PM on September 30, 2014