An apt subtitle for Atra Asdou’s “Iraq, But Funny” might be: “How the British Caused Every Problem in the Middle East (With a Late Assist from the U.S.A.).” It always cracks me up how, in progressive ...

The Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre is debuting the new play, "Iraq, But Funny," which follows five generations of Assyrian women — narrated by a British guy. Writer and performer Atra Asdou ...

If you ask me, the American theater is entering a golden age of creative historical revisionism. Just the other week, Cole Escola won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play ...

Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company has shared new summer programming tied to Iraq, But Funny, May 29 – July 20; the second world premiere in Lookingglass’ reopening season. Iraq ...