NOW Magazine
Review: Duchess! Duchess! Duchess! takes the crown
Weyni Mengesha-directed work about two Black women in the Royal family couldn t be more timely By Glenn Sumi
Sydney Charles (left) and Celeste M. Cooper encounter institutionalized racism in Duchess! Duchess! Duchess!
DUCHESS! DUCHESS! DUCHESS! by Vivian J. O. Barnes, part of Steppenwolf NOW Virtual Stage. Runs to August 31. Virtual memberships $50-$75 (includes all six shows). steppenwolf.org/now. Rating:
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Timing is everything. And the timing of Vivian J.O. Barnes’s Duchess! Duchess! Duchess!, directed by Soulpepper’s artistic director, Weyni Mengesha for Steppenwolf, is so perfect you might find yourself mouthing an Oprah Winfrey-style “What?” during the opening scenes.