9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (304+ words) Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s new production of “Much Ado About Nothing,” Shakespeare’s wittiest comedy, is a most delightful experience: warm-centered, unpretentious of conceit, caring for its audience, and filled with simple yet sparkling scenes celebrating the pleasures of passionate language and…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (118+ words) Chicago Shakespeare Theater is billing its world-premiere comedy, “Fault,” as “wickedly funny.” A more accurate description would be “unaccountably nasty.” Both Spence and Marini are much better and funnier than that, thankfully, and the all-in Spence’s Lucy does have some…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (233+ words) What is it about William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” that attracts progressive, feminist directors who hope to tame its inherently violent sexism and then spend their entire show fighting against a play, a comedy, that did not demand…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (11+ words) Don't miss "Windfall" at the Steppenwolf Theatre. Steppenwolf Theatre presents "Windfall"...

10+ mon, 4+ day ago   (149+ words) The source playwright, and thus the source material, maintains a certain ambivalence about love and relationships that is part of its allure. Add in too much earnest, can’t-we-all-just-get-along commentary, thus replacing the notes of cynicism from the likes of Jaques,…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1401+ words) Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Angels hovering anew over Chicago’s North Side. The return of Brian Friel. And a “Raisin” we could call our own. Here’s our annual celebration of the best Chicago shows of the year, in order,…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (32+ words) The TimeLine Theatre this weekend celebrated its new home in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. TimeLine Theatre hosts community preview of new Uptown location...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (49+ words) Researchers looked at saliva samples from participants with people they labeled "hasslers" in their lives, people who frequently caused stress. They found several biomarkers linked to accelerated aging, including inflammation and hormone changes. Hasslers can accelerate your biological age, researchers…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (47+ words) Hamlet is William Shakespeare’s most famous play with all of its betrayal, passion, and poetry, but now, “Short Shakespeare!” at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater has jam-packed it all into 75 minutes. The star, Jaylon Muchison, joins Dana Kozlov. "Short Shakespeare!" brings…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (529+ words) Las casas de apuestas sugieren que la tragedia familiar de tono shakespeariano “Hamnet” podría imponerse como mejor película si los votantes de la industria cinematográfica británica responden a la historia emocionalmente rica, el entorno inglés de aire terrenal y las…...