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Review: Othello: The Remix/Chicago Shakespeare Theater by Johnny Oleksinski

RECOMMENDED Wedging a rap into William Shakespeare’s plays is well-tread territory. Every so often, a hoodied Hamlet will hyperactively soliloquize the usual six speeches verbatim with a basic beat that safely scratches at the idea of hip-hop; such productions’ raison d’etre is to showcase that Shakespeare’s twisted tongue isn’t so far removed from modern rap, [...]

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:04PM on March 17, 2013

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