The ‘Red Scare’ and the small screen

Source Chicago Reader
Original Load Date March 11, 2026, 5 p.m.
Last Updated March 11, 2026, 5 p.m.
Original URL https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/theater/theater-review/changing-channels-city-lit-theater/

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Just a few months after Northlight’s production of [ _The First Lady of Television_ ][34] by longtime Chicago playwright James Sherman, City Lit Theater presents another play about the networks and the politics of the 1950s by another Chicago vet. John Reeger’s _Changing Channels_ also takes place a...