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Gift Theatre's startling 'Hang Man' opens with the sight of a man hanging by his neck, and goes from there by Chris Jones

At the beginning of "Hang Man," during the usual friendly announcements about cellphones and emergency exits, an African-American Mississippian climbs up high in the sudden darkness, inserts his neck into a noose, and swings. In any theatrical circumstance, that would be a disturbing opening to...

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 05:00PM on March 11, 2018

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