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Huge in scale and teetering on the brink of madness throughout, "King Lear" is a work that only the most intrepid of directors would tackle. Enter someone game enough, Joel Horwood.
One cup of butter, half a cup of sugar, two eggs, two teaspoons of vanilla extract, two cups of flour. This recipe ― pinned to a bulletin board ― is the first thing the audience sees when walking into Northlight Theatre in Skokie. Hand-scrawled and simple, it promises the memories of home, family and a...
Casting Robert Menzies as King Lear will give audiences a fresh angle on this story of majesty and succession, says Bell Shakespeare's Peter Evans.
In lesser hands than those of director Jessica Thebus and her superb ensemble, the Chicago premiere of Noah Haidle's “Birthday Candles” at Northlight Theatre might seem stilted and overly sentimental.
In “King Lear,” veteran actor Ellen McLaughlin has found both a “marvelous” role and a vehicle to help audiences consider how people care for one another.