Don't Go Abroad, Go "Around the World in 80 Days"
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Company members mentioned in this article: Laura Eason by Jeffrey Nelson It has been an Oscar-winning movie, one of the best selling adventure stories of all time, a video game, a board game, a major event in American journalism, and now, once again, Jules Verne's, "Around the World in 80 Days" takes to the stage. Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre company has a new version for the stage and the fun is never ending. Ensemble member Laura Eason took on the jobs of adapting the book for the stage, directing the production and playing some of characters Phileas Fogg encounters as he travels around the world. Her adaptation is witty, clever, fast-paced and endlessly entertaining. This new adaptation takes its place among very few stage adaptations, an amazing fact as Jules Verne's book was published in 1873 and was an instant sensation. It has never been out of print. You have until June 1 to go "Around the World 80 Days." Your adventure begin and ends along Chicago's Magnificent Mile at 821 N. Michigan at the old pumping station. |
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