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Review: King of the Yees (Goodman Theatre)

by Scotty Zacher

In making her persona the star of her world premiere drama King of the Yees, playwright Lauren Yee has created a meta-format to explore her relationship with her father. This genre-melding is part mystery and part coming-of-age saga, a drama marked by broad comedy, steeped lightly in satire and soaked through with magical realism. The problem is that Yee doesn't dig very deep into either the the history of the relati…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 4:06am on April 23, 2017