A window to fractured psyches; Riveting 'Oedipus Complex' forces us to acknowledge our twisted urges From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: May 9, 2007| Author: Hedy Weiss | Copyright 2007 Chicago Sun-Times. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

'OEDIPUS COMPLEX'

highly Recommended

When: Through June 3

Where: Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn

Tickets: $20-$68

Phone: (312) 443-3800

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The term "primal" is used with such casualness these days that its true meaning -- the fearsome rawness of incestuous desire and brutality buried deep within human nature -- often seems lost, or at least diluted. Among the many achievements of adapter-director Frank Galati's fascinating "Oed...

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