Chicago Shakespeare Celebrates the Bard With 2016–17 Season
Companies from around the globe will celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in the Windy City.
Companies from around the globe will celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in the Windy City.
Stories about autism, Chicago shows, a musical about a young girl in 1890s Paris, and more take the stage this month.
A two-week festival showed this unique theatre-in-exile at its best, with stunning tableaux, riveting storytelling, and a push for change in and beyond their repressed homeland.
From a car-driven opera in L.A. to a roller coaster musical in Chicago, from education projects to exciting turnovers, fall is busting out all over.
Steve Martin, Jane Austen, and Shakespeare headline next season at The Old Globe.
Artistic director Barbara Gaines will present her exploration of Shakespeare’s history plays, plus the Q Brothers’ hip-hop ‘Madsummer’ and magician Teller’s ‘Tempest.’
Festival founder Blair Thomas aimed to challenge the conventional notions of puppetry and maybe invent some new models along the way during this 12-day Chicago event.
CPS Shakespeare!, which puts underserved high schoolers into fully staged productions on the Chicago Shakes stage, is recognized for its unique impact.
Nine adaptations of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” ranging from American Repertory Theater to Cornerstone Theater, that shows you don’t need to do it as a straight play, or set it in Italy, to make it magical (though you can add real magic if you’re really ambitious).
The Hypocrites founder made his name punking the classics. Now, as a solo auteur, he’s leavening Greek tragedies.