becomes a conscious mental act of appreciating life even amid depression. “Every Brilliant Thing” is an uplifting show about gratitude, played at just the right emotional register.

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Every Brilliant Thing stars local actor Ian ...

Audience members not only participate in the improv act, but many, including Angela Johnson, were personally touched by the performance. “I have a family member with mental health illness ...

People had suggested "Every Brilliant Thing" to Carrington well before Milwaukee ... For last year's Next Act Theatre fundraiser gala, Tami Workentin organized a night of storytelling, asking ...

Jessie Fisher (center) in Every Brilliant Thing at Writers Theatre Credit: Michael Brosilow Seeing Writers Theatre’s current production of Every Brilliant Thing on opening night three days after ...

The show “Every Brilliant Thing” can be set wherever a theater wants it to be set, and the director Kimberly Senior basically picked a North Shore backyard. Or so it feels, and this beautiful ...

When Jensen picked up “Every Brilliant Thing,” however, he knew within a few pages that this show was the one. “In practical terms, it ticked all the boxes in terms of what we could tackle ...

Based on true and untrue stories, Duncan MacMillan’s Every Brilliant Thing takes audiences on a sublime and tender coming-of-age journey that reminds us to pay attention to life’s smallest ...

This is exactly what director Laura Kepley and The Public Theater have accomplished with the current production of “Every Brilliant Thing.” When faced with darkness, what makes life worth living?