Shakespeare in Chicago

Arrived to 54 degrees, which feels like a really warm day in Gunnison but in Chicago it was FREEZING!. Great old hotel, the Tremont, with fabulous, friendly staff who had great stories to tell about the "old days" when the great stars like Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant stayed there!

Lovely walk along the Mitchigan Lake, to the Chicago Shakespeare theatre - really had NO IDEA how big or how lovely the lake was. The theatre was modern but styled on the Globe, but with all modern theatrics. Very American dinner at the wharf including soup in a cob and then saw a BRILLIANT Richard III. The acting and directing was really engaging. The audience really were an intimate part of the whole action and the actors used every bit of the theatre, aisles and boxes extended the stage which gave the whole performance a vibrancy and energy.