“A white community in 1950’s Chicago frets about the African-American family about to move in. Fast-forward to our present day, and the same house represents very different demographics. Irreverently climbing through the looking-glass of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic <em>A Raisin in the Sun</em>, these contemporary characters explode into caustic comedy to reveal how far our ideas of race and gentrification have evolved—or have they?”
Bruce Norris’s new one sounds nervous-making. In a good way.