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Soon, the lights dim and we're into the narrative, cousins Rosalind (Lakeisha Renee) and Celia (Melanie Brezill) giggling through the court of Duke Frederick, Celia's father and the man who ousted his brother, Rosalind's father, from his throne. There's a snippet of 1963's "Money" in there, referencing the fight's prize money, but so far, it's hard to know where this whole Beatles thing is going (and just how well it's going to work). Kayvon Khoshkam's Touchstone hits the ground running as the fight's charismatic emcee, the whole company having a riot acting out a few pre-show "fights," house lights up and stragglers finding their seats. curtain time as the space's signature thrust stage, entirely consumed by an imposing boxing ring, became the scene of a swinging '60s fight night. This time around, the show started a bit before the 7 p.m.
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On now through November 21 and conceived, adapted and directed by Daryl Cloran, this version of As You Like It, one of Shakespeare's most winning love stories, is reimagined to interject classic Beatles songs that, I must admit, fit surprisingly well as Rosalind, Orlando, Celia, Oliver and their entourages fall in and out of love, pretend to be other people and abscond to the forest when banished by the Duke.įirst things first, it felt extraordinarily good to be back in the friendly confines of CST's Courtyard Theater, the ever-evolving performance space where, pre-pandemic, I'd seen Peter Pan fly, Queen Elizabeth reign and much, much more. In all the ways his work has been adapted, however, I'm fairly certain you've never seen anything quite like Chicago Shakespeare Theater's latest take: the Bard meets the Beatles. It's the appeal of his work, after all: universal in its appeal, timeless in its messages, and just as entertaining today as it was 400 years ago. Over the centuries, Shakespeare has been adapted in countless ways.