![]() ![]() ![]() The sci-fi musical “It Came From Outer Space” was profoundly silly and inarguably entertaining. The only person who might know.would be the great and wonderful Wizard of Oz himself. But which is the way back to Kansas I cant go the way I came. Oh, ld give anything to get out of Oz altogether. ![]() Sometimes the work was epic and audacious: The six-hour “Rose Rage” merged three plays - “Henry V” and “Henry IV” Parts 1 and 2 - into a single, enthralling entity. The sooner you get out of Oz altogether, the safer youll sleep, my dear. Gaines took numerous productions to London - Stephen Sondheim’s “Pacific Overtures” (2003, directed by Gary Griffin), which played at the Donmar Warehouse and won three Olivier Awards “Henry IV” Parts 1 and 2 (2006) and partnerships with the Chicago hip-hop/theater collective Q Brothers, among them - all while keeping the stages on the Pier bustling. She didn’t stop at the boundaries of Chicago. In addition to bringing shows like “Peter Pan” and “The Wizard of Oz” to the Pier, she started “Short Shakespeare” programming, which sent abridged versions of “Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Romeo and Juliet,” among others, to neighborhood parks and some 400 schools where they engaged with more than 40,000 students. Gaines also kept young audiences forefront in mind throughout her tenure. ![]()
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