As you enter Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Court Theater to see English director Jonathan Munby’s take on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, you know you’re in for something electric, bold and in-your-face. A crowd of Caesar supporters rally on the stage and in the aisles, selling Caesar swag. Country music blares as the cast breaks into an impromptu… Read More A modern and timeless ‘Julius Caesar’ at Chicago Shakes
Simon Callow’s one-man show, Being Shakespeare, took the U.K. by storm and is now making a short stop at Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse, courtesy of Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s World’s Stage Series. The multi-talented Callow is a deeply compelling performer, who clearly revels in the Bard of Avon’s prose and poems. At various points Callow, who’s 62,… Read More Huffington Post: ‘Being Shakespeare’ at Broadway Playhouse
As I recently Twittered, Brikenbrak Theatre Project has announced their second season, and it’s a doozy. The season kicks off with an intimate staging of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and artistic director Paul Cosca promises it will feature live music played by the actors and a real bonfire — in his backyard. Yes, as its website notes, Brikenbrak… Read More Brikenbrak Theatre Project announces next season and playwright development program
Hamlet (Jack Sharkey) grieves over a fallen Gertrude (Meg Elliott). That deeply vengeful (yet slow-to-act) Hamlet has taken residence at Gunder Mansion on the corner of Sheridan and Granville. There, DreamLogic Theatreworks, under the direction of Scott McKinsey, is presenting a powerfully intimate promenade staging of Shakespeare’s classic revenge tragedy. Well, actually only the first floor of… Read More DreamLogic’s intimate ‘Hamlet’ takes you deep inside a haunted prince’s struggle
