Brutal honesty. That’s playwright Samuel D. Hunter’s razor-sharp focus in his deeply significant play, The Whale. And through Charlie, a 600-pound gentle giant played by the superbly understated Dale Calandra in Victory Gardens’ uncompromising production, we see brutal honesty: in the flesh. At Monday’s press opening, there were audible “tsks” and sighs of disapproval from [...]
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:53PM on April 17, 2013