![]() ![]() ![]() We laughed at much of the dialogue and wacky plot twists and were well entertained. ![]() Thankfully she wasn't injured and the audience was patient and understanding about the whole debacle.Ĭonversely, City Lit's Hay Fever went off without a hiccup and was an immensely enjoyable night out. Prior to Hay Fever, my most memorable Noël Coward experience was a 1985 college production of Blithe Spirit at Anderson University in Indiana, where the not so ethereal ghost was a plus sized actress who fell through the stage staircase mid act! They had to stop the play and help extricate her from the rubble. Horrible humans behaving badly are eternally timeless yet timely. His artsy, eccentric, manipulative characters are delightfully funny. It's exciting Chicago audiences can do a mini immersive in Coward's period pieces with City Lit's Jeff Recommended Hay Fever from 1924 and Private Lives from 1931. Just one week after reviewing Hay Fever, I'll be out to see yet another Noël Coward play, Private Lives, opening at Raven Theatre. In the microcosm of Chicago's theatre scene, it's amazing how many synchronicities there are. ![]()
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