Sometimes the choir needs a kick up the arse, and that’s what you’ll find in the Goodman’s world premiere of Revolution(s) , a new rock/hip-hop musical featuring a book by Zayd Ayers Dohrn and music and lyrics by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine (with additional music and lyrics credited to other luminaries such as Boots Riley, Killer Mike, and Big Boi). The show started out in the Goodman’s developmental New Stages Festival in 2023; Steve H. Broadnax III, who directed that earlier incarnation, is back for this production, which features a powerhouse cast.

Dohrn, the son of former Weather Underground members Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, certainly has the personal cred to write about revolutionaries struggling to build a loving life together—even if it’s enmeshed with their be

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