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Review: Royal Shakespeare’s Hamnet at Chicago Shakespeare Recreates the Drama With Pure Emotion

You may appreciate the play Hamnet because you loved Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel or the 2025 film directed by Chloé Zhao. In either case, your view of the Hamnet story […]

Nancy S Bishop

February 15, 2026

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Preview: Acclaimed Hamnet Moves From Page to Screen to Stage in U.S. Debut at Chicago Shakespeare

Title of the stage adaptation of Hamnet from the Royal Shakespeare Company, with actors portraying Shakespeare and his wife Agnes off to one side

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamnet makes its U.S. premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater this week—but the title is already a familiar one. Book lovers know that Hamnet originated […]

Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch

February 6, 2026

Review , Stages , Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Judgment Day Is a Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy with Heart

Jason Alexander makes his Chicago stage debut in the world premiere comedy Judgment Day at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel. In The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare through May 26, 2024. Photo by Liz Lauren.

Sammy (Jason Alexander) and Father Michael (Daniel Breaker) sit in a car with binoculars. It’s dark, and they are on a stakeout outside a bar—anxious to find anything they can […]

Lauren Katz

May 6, 2024

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Preview: See Theater in the Parks This Summer With Midsommer Flight, Chicago Shakes and Porchlight Music

We can look forward to theater in public parks all over Chicago this summer—and all free. Midsommer Flight will stage Shakespeare’s Cymbeline from July 7 to August 13. Chicago Shakespeare […]

Nancy S Bishop

June 22, 2023