Jeanine Tesori Feels the Pull of Opera
With ‘Blue’ opening this week at Glimmerglass, the composer reflects on her approach to music and meaning, and leaks her ambition to make a musical film.
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Chicago Shakes to Speak ‘The King’s Speech,’ Debut New Tesori Opera
Also on next season’s slate: ‘As You Like It’ with Beatles songs and a production from Mexico’s Makuyeika Theatre Collective.
Rachel Rockwell, A Ride to Remember
In just a dozen years, the performer-turned-director/choreographer’s creativity and leadership made a profound impact on Chicago and beyond.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater Announces 2018-19 Season
The lineup will include the world premiere musical ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks.’
Featured Contributors, July/August 2017
Theatre architecture’s cyclical history, and the newest state-of-the-art space at Chicago Shakes.
The Yard Beyond the Bard
A new lakefront flexible space gives Chicago Shakespeare Theater the room to expand, and not just physically.
Chicago Shakes Announces 2017-18 Season
The season will welcome the new performance space, the Yard.
Notes on Shakespeare 400: Too Much of a Bard Thing
Barbara Gaines’s Chicago Shakespeare Theater staged an ambitious yearlong program in 2016. I tried to match that ambition as an attendee, with mixed success.
‘Dreamgirls’ and ‘Tempest’ Win Big at 2016 Equity Jeff Awards
Chicago Equity theatre was honored at the annual ceremony on Monday night.
A Shakespearean World’s Fair in the Windy City
International and local companies converge at Chicago Shakespeare Theater for the quadricentennial of the playwright’s death.