But the new Chicago Shakespeare production makes a worthwhile storm of its own.
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Five performance festivals worth your while
With June comes the summer theater season.
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Chicago theater was true to our times in 2015
Theater Wit’s Bad Jews and the Goodman’s Stop. Reset. are among our senior theater critic’s favorites of the year.
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The Tempest works some real magic
Chicago Shakespeare’s star-powered production is even more than its celebrated parts.
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The silent half of Penn & Teller adds some magic to Shakespeare’s Tempest
Commonly interpreted as Shakespeare’s farewell to theater, The Tempest is the tale of a magician performing his final and greatest feat. Prospero plans to use skills acquired over a lifetime to put his wrecked world back together. When that’s accomplished, he promises, “I’ll break my staff, bury it certain fathoms in the earth, and deeper […]
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 9/10: Clipping., Berghoff Oktoberfest, and My Name Is Asher Lev
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Wednesday, September 10