If anyone out there reading is in Chicago and happens to see the play, let me know what you think. If approached correctly, they can yield so much about human nature, and that’s the real power of these visual manifestations. Who remembers this post about The Jesus Hickey? While I can’t vouch for the quality of either play it does not surprise me that writers, visual artists, film directors and actors delve into these stories. This is not the first play inspired by these stories. If you tag a friend in multiple photographs, the next time you load a picture in with that friend in it, iPhoto will recognize that face and will tag it for you (which is helpful for all. #OUR LADY OF THE UNDERPASS SERIES#Sounds like the Madonna of the Toast mantra: What do you see?Īpparently the play is a series of monologues that covers the range of attitudes about the image, from devout to derisory, which are separated by “clever choral recitations that bring to mind different types of prayer.” Our Lady of the Underpass The latest version of iPhoto includes a feature that automatically scans your photo library and recognizes faces in your photographs. I haven’t seen or read the play, but this review from the Chicago Reader makes it sound like Saracho’s approach to the topic is very similar to Madonna of the Toast’s, in that they both leave the image in question up to the viewer: “It’s Saracho’s genius to keep questions of reality unresolved, to leave open the gap between an indisputable fact-a salt stain on a cement wall-and what human beings make of it: art, faith.” Chicago Theater Beat - Recommended '.Between the monologues, Saracho places brief choruses of prayer to Our Lady of the Underpass, of The Botanica that Also Sells Phone Cards, of the Puerto Rican Day Parade, of Affordable Duplexes and all the other causes the Virgin takes on as Fullerton Avenue becomes a shrine. Playwright Tanya Saracho has penned Our Lady of the Underpass and it runs at Teatro Vista until the end of March. The image is now gone, but the story will live on, not only in a forum such as this, but on stage as well. The image drew jeers and cheers for years, until it was spray-painted with devil horns and then covered over by city officials. The Albany Street onramp to the Pike west will close 10 p.m. The Essex Street onramp to I-93 north will close 11 p.m. The site became a pilgrimage site for local Catholics. The underpass from Storrow Drive east, and the ramp from Leverett Circle to I-93 north and the Tobin Bridge will close 11 p.m. Recently, I reported the conclusion of the saga that unfolded from the 2005 discovery of a Virgin Mary image under a highway in Chicago. Our Lady of the Underpass 1 was a salt stain and purported appearance of the Virgin Mary 2 3 under the Kennedy Expressway along Fullerton Avenue in Chicago 4 5 that was noticed in 2005.
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