Straight from your high school reading list comes a chance to see what happens when the Younger family's dream is actually deferred. And, like every curriculum play, it’s much better as writer Lorraine Hansberry meant it to be seen – as a living work on the stage. It’s more exhilarating to actually watch the Youngers receive a windfall and deal with the inevitable fallout. The wrestle between dreams and reality feels vital when viewed in person. Identity crises, a tale as prescient as ever, pops when the actors craft that struggle right before your eyes. With Raisin, City Theatre’s picked a script as eternal and blistering as a Texas summer. – Cat McCarrey
