"Purpose" - Review by Carol Moore
**** Highly Recommended Often when I see a play about families, I think about a Dickens quote about the best of times, and the worst of times. Family can be the best, but it can also be the absolute worst. So, family angst is at the center of "Purpose", a must-see world premiere at Steppenwolf. Sometimes a family occasion – mom’s birthday, Thanksgiving, Sunday brunch – becomes a command performance. "Purpose" is all about a command performance for a brother’s homecoming – from prison! It’s an amazingly good play – funny, fraught, fiery – and there’s a food fight! 4 BIG Spotlights