Breath of Kings: Rebellion and Breath of Kings: Redemption, Stratford Festival, Dir. Weyni Mengesha and Mitchell Cushman, Assoc. Dir. Graham Abbey, at Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, Canada. June 22, 2016 Reviewed by Regina Buccola Within a three-month span this summer I will have seen the first part of Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s epic march through […]
Since I Suppose. One Step at a Time Like This, for Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Chicago, Illinois. Aug. 28-Sept. 21. 2014. Reviewed by Regina Buccola. Early morning, an e-mail arrives with directions to a specific street corner, delivered via a funny YouTube video. It is laugh out loud funny, creating the sense that the unusual, “immersive” […]
King Lear, directed by Sam Mendes for the National Theatre, London at the Music Box Theater in Chicago, IL for NT Live. May 26, 2014. Reviewed by Regina Buccola In May, I had the unique experience of taking a backstage tour featuring key set pieces, props and costumes for the National Theatre’s production of King […]
Henry V, directed by Christopher Luscombe for Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois. April 29 – June 15, 2014. Reviewed by Regina Buccola From the very beginning of Henry V, the Chorus serves a meta-theatrical function, not only bringing the audience up to speed on what has happened and forecasting the significant aspects of what […]
Macbeth, directed and adapted by Richard Engling for Polarity Ensemble Theatre at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Chicago, Illinois, 22 February 2014. Review by Regina Buccola. In the program for the Polarity Ensemble Theatre (PET) production of Macbeth, director Richard Engling asserts that Macbeth emerges in his production as a scapegoat in the strictest sense […]
