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Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) is a non-profit, professional theater company located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. Its more than six hundred annual performances performed 48 weeks of the year include its critically acclaimed Shakespeare series, its World's Stage touring productions, and youth education and family oriented programming.
In 1837, the first resident theater company, the short-lived Chicago Theater, opened in the Sauganash Hotel. One of the players was then a boy named Joseph Jefferson, who grew to become a very successful comedic actor. Chicago's main theater prize, the Joseph Jefferson award, is named after this pioneer.
On the south bank of the River Thames in London, near where the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe stands today, is a plaque that reads: "In Thanksgiving for Sam Wanamaker, Actor, Director, Producer, 1919–1993, whose vision rebuilt Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on Bankside in this parish". [12]
“Last week, Chicago Shakespeare Theater leadership shared with board and staff a restructure of several areas of the theater to position CST for its future,” the theater said in response to a ...
CHICAGO — In March 2019, a group of Steppenwolf Theatre leaders gathered at the offices of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, an internationally renowned architecture and design firm that had designed ...
In a coup for Chicago at a crucial moment, Edward Hall, a 57-year-old British director with extensive experience running theater companies, will be the new artistic director of Chicago Shakespeare ...
CIBC Theatre is a performing arts theater located at 18 West Monroe Street in the Loop area of downtown Chicago. It is operated by Broadway In Chicago , part of the Nederlander Organization . Opened in 1906 as the Majestic Theatre , [ 1 ] it currently seats 1,800 and for many years has presented Broadway shows.
Chicago Shakespeare on Tuesday announced its upcoming season on Navy Pier. From July 19 to Sept. 1, CST’s Yard Theater is hosting the musical version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the ...