Perfect casting in the title role saves First Folio’s production from a conceptual misstep.
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American Hwangap, Matt Damon Improv, and 12 more stage and comedy shows to see now
A Korean-American family drama and an all-female Annoyance troupe are among this week’s best bets.
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Tug of War: Foreign Fire is a grueling six-hour Shakespeare marathon
Adapter/director Barbara Gaines didn’t need to combine three plays to get her message across about the deja vu of war.
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Barbara Gaines goes all auteur on Henry VIII
Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Henry VIII is undone by overdoing.
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Corrupt cops and colliding queens: new Reader performing arts reviews
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The Wars of the Roses
Albert Williams reviews the English Shakespeare Company’s seminal 1988 adaptation of Shakespeare’s multipart chronicle and tragedy.