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Posted: 9/6/19 at 1:58am
Saw a very nice, intimate production of Into The Woods tonight at Writers Theatre in Glencoe. Didn't quite realize how far out of the city it would be when I followed the google maps directions to take a bus, but well worth it & the train back to downtown was shorter.
The fellow playing the Baker, Michael Mahler, is also a composer who has a popular musical about the Cubs baseball team running in the city right now. The whole cast is great, & it is performed in a small theatre in the round so you get to see everyone right up close. The Witch is played by Bethany Thomas who has a really bluesy mezzo voice, & isn't as whiney as the classic performance from Bernadette.
Not familiar with the area at all, but there is a huge beautiful botanical garden up the road.
Also want to give a shout out to a restaurant around the block from the theatre I stumbled upon, An Apple A Day, where I had one of the best meals so far during my vacation in Chicago - & really inexpensive compared to restaurants downtown.
The fellow playing the Baker, Michael Mahler, is also a composer who has a popular musical about the Cubs baseball team running in the city right now. The whole cast is great, & it is performed in a small theatre in the round so you get to see everyone right up close. The Witch is played by Bethany Thomas who has a really bluesy mezzo voice, & isn't as whiney as the classic performance from Bernadette.
Not familiar with the area at all, but there is a huge beautiful botanical garden up the road.
Also want to give a shout out to a restaurant around the block from the theatre I stumbled upon, An Apple A Day, where I had one of the best meals so far during my vacation in Chicago - & really inexpensive compared to restaurants downtown.
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