Review: SCARAMOUCHE at City Lit Theater
French aristocrats, revolutionaries, traveling comedy troupes, swordsmen — Scaramouche packs it all in this world premiere musical that doesn’t stop moving and keeps you laughing.
French aristocrats, revolutionaries, traveling comedy troupes, swordsmen — Scaramouche packs it all in this world premiere musical that doesn’t stop moving and keeps you laughing.
City Lit Theater announced the cast for the world premiere musical SCARAMOUCHE, based on Rafael Sabatini's adventure novel, directed by Beth Wolf and featuring a 10-person cast with a 30-number score.
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All of the betrayal, passion, and poetry of Shakespeare’s most famous play—distilled into just 75 minutes.
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Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s 2025 season continues with the world premiere of The Mark, now playing at The Edge Theater.
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Babes With Blades Theatre Company's 2025 season will open with an extended run of its new works festival, collectively called Fighting Words.
Idle Muse Theatre Company’s world premiere production of The Tempest, adapted and directed by Idle Muse Theatre Company Member Tristan Brandon, is now playing through October 20, at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater.
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Midsommer Flight is presenting a fully staged ROMEO AND JULIET as its 2024 free Shakespeare production.
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Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster and directed by Artistic Director Hayley Rice with fight direction by Maya Vinice Prentiss, is now playing through October 21 at The Factory Theater.
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For its tenth annual summer production of free Shakespeare in Chicago’s parks (one each year since 2012, except for the pandemic years of 2020-2021), Midsommer Flight will perform the romantic and fantastical adventure CYMBELINE.