Through 3/22: Thu-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 2:30 PM, Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. She’s got a fair bit of one of Headland’s other protagonists in her: Natasha Lyonne’s character in the Netflix series Russian Doll, which Headland cocreated with Lyonne and Amy Poehler.ĭex, Shellie, and Lyonne’s Nadia Vulvokov are all alike-deacons in the church of “ruin my life.” But crack that pained thought open, and you see what it really is saying: I would let you kindle these dead nerve endings again. Shellie’s life is practically in ruins already-she’s the full-time caregiver to an epileptic father (the amazing Jim Morley), unhappily married, tied down in every sense. You get the sense he would have let anyone ruin his life, given half the chance. Dex’s engagement to Andrea (Emma Jo Boyden) is over the second he sits down with Shellie at the bar in O’Hare after their Thanksgiving flight gets cancelled. If I would let you ruin my life, I’m obviously looking for trouble already. We Talk The Layover with Kate Upton & Alexandra Daddario & William H. What does it mean? If Dex (Michael Vizzi) and Shellie (Allison Plott) feel that way about each other in Leslye Headland’s The Layover-a total masterpiece, ultimately just as devastating as it is hot-presented by The Comrades under Drew Shirley’s direction, as I contend they do, what does that feeling entail? Is it a disease? Is that, heaven help us, what love is now? Pair it with a good eye mask and neck pillow and you’ve got yourself the holy trinity of effective transit-napping.

“I would let ruin my life” is a phrase that anyone who’s radiated their eyes with thirsty comments online over the past few years will recognize as a hallmark of the genre. The Layover fits your body like a glove, keeping you absolutely snug and ensuring that the blanket doesn’t come off when you move or turn in your sleep. UPDATE Friday, March 13: this event has been canceled.

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Best of Chicago 2021 ballot: Bonus round of nominations A review of the 2017 film, The Layover, that stars Alexandra Daddario, Kate Upton, Matt Barr, Matt Jones, Kal Penn, and Molly Shannon.

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