I Sing the Theatre Eclectic
The Windy City has a strange batch of theatrical bedfellows coming up in the new season of the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Located on the historic Navy Pier in the shadow of the famous ferris wheel, the season is titled “A Season of Rivalry and Revelry.”
From William to Willy
Really, need you go further than Shakespeare for either rivalry or revelry? The usual suspects are there from the bard:
- Macbeth
- Twelfth Night
- Much Ado About Nothing (done hip-hop style, believe it or not)
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Sweet William (a play about Shakespeae and his works)
There will also be a stately production of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus to kick it all off, as well as a staging of Kit Marlowe’s Edward II.
But things go a bit strange with the addition of another Willy of the Wonka variety. A musical based on the movie (not Johnny Depp’s, Gene Wilder’s) with all the music (oompa-loompa-doopedy-doo) will also be staged. And really, when you think about it, the way those kids treated each other in that play? As Machiavellian and underhanded as any Thomas, Richard, or Harry ever was.
I’m hoping to catch at least some of them; if any of my wonderful readers do too, please let me know how it was!
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