The premise is reminiscent of a bad joke: Jesus, Elvis and Stephen Hawking walk into a bar...

But while "End Days" -- opening this week at Evanston's Next Theatre -- is certainly funny, it's far too outlandishly original to fit into the parameters of a predictably gauche one-liner. A comedy wrought from a tragedy, "End Days" is a tale that shows the absurdities of pitting faith against science. In Deborah Zoe Laufer's quirky play, Jesus Christ and physicist Stephen Hawking have more in common than you might think. And if Elvis shows up to offer comfort in the face of unbearable loss, well, there's room for all three in this story of redemption and rebirth.
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