Written by Tennessee Williams
In a New Version by Calixto Bieito and Marc Rosich
Directed by Calixto Bieito
“Stunning…due in no small part to the acting”
– CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Camino Real
Mar 3 – Apr 8, 2012 in Goodman's Albert Theatre
2 hours, with no intermission
Called “one of Williams’ most imaginative plays” by The New York Times, Camino Real is a sensual carnival of desire and desperation.
Tennessee Williams’ hauntingly poetic allegory takes us to the mysterious Camino Real, a surreal netherworld populated by a colorful collection of lost souls anxious to escape but terrified of the unknown wasteland lurking beyond the city’s walls. When Kilroy, an American traveler and former boxer, inadvertently lands in Camino Real, he sets off on a phantasmagoric venture through illusion and temptation in an attempt to flee its confines—and defy his grim destiny. Called “one of Williams’ most imaginative plays” by The New York Times, Camino Real is a sensual carnival of desire and desperation.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS PRODUCTION CONTAINS IMAGES OF VIOLENCE AND GRAPHIC SEXUALITY.
Critical Praise
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★★★1/2 (out of 4)
– Chicago Tribune
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“Theater fans will not want to miss Camino Real“
– Chicago Tribune
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“I was enraptured by this drunken dream of an artist”
– Newcity
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Camino Real features “waves of poetry, images of astonishment, moments of profound truth”
– Newcity
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