The Tempest
Description
Tina Landau's Tempest is visually ambitious, if not terribly cohesive; the director's tendency for excess is certainly indulged. But there's enough cleverness in Landau's bulging bag of tricks—from James Schuette's playful costumes to an entrancing original score by Josh Schmidt—to cut through the chaos. And her smartest choice is making astoundingly good use of the Steppenwolf ensemble. The uniformly exceptional cast elevates Landau's sometimes-messy extravagance above insubstantial pageant.—KV
When
May 6 2pm