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The 'Good' girl
Hurry and get tickets for the final week of "Good Boys and True" at the Steppenwolf, playing through Feb. 16. Sort of an American answer to Alan Bennett's "The History Boys," which shares the same '80s time frame, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's tale of sex, revenge, class, gender politics, and morality within the hallowed halls of -- where else? -- a boys Jesuit prep school offers plenty of rewards. But the chief reward isn't a boy at all. It's ensemble member and Steppenwolf artistic director Martha Lavey. She plays Elizabeth, a doctor whose golden child and Dartmouth-bound son (played by Stephen Louis Grush, pictured above with Lavey) is implicated in -- what else? -- a sex scandal (and that's not the half of it.) As the plot layers unravel, Levay conveys the conflict of a protective mom and outraged humanist with rawness, refinement and restraint.
But if that's not enough reason to get you in a seat, Steppenwolf is hosting a send-off party, featuring 2-for-1 tix, specialty cocktails, and a DJ spinning '80s retro. (Use code "3927" by phone at 312-335-1650 for 2-for-1 tickets and access to the party).
Click here for Metromix details on the play, Chris Jones review and more.
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