Chicago Theater Review: THE WINTER'S TALE (Goodman Theatre)
A FRACTURED FAIRY TALE Shakespeare's strange romance, which begins with gratuitous jealousy and ends with gratuitous forgiveness, is best savored as a fairy tale for grownups: A virtuous queen is condemned for adultery, her supposed despoiler her husband's equally honest best friend. It seems as if we've blundered from courtly courtesies into an Othello-like tragedy. But […]