Queen Elizabeth frequently attended Shakespeare's plays, the era's equivalent of the President attending the World Series or Uncle Pennybags appearing at beauty pageants and Grand Opera Night. Open a treasure chest of theatrical delights with today's GrouponLive deal to see Loyola University Department of Fine and Performing Arts' #3USHAK3SF3ST at the Kathleen Mullady Theatre. For $7, you get one Groundlings pass for general-admission seating in the first three rows (up to a $15 value) at each of the following performances:
- Measure for Measure, performed by Loyola University on Friday, February 17, at 7:30 p.m.
- The War of the Roses, a combination of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays, performed by Western Illinois University on Saturday, February 18, at 7:30 p.m.
- The Tempest, performed by Bradley University on Sunday, February 19, at 2 p.m.
During Loyola University’s #3USHAK3SF3ST, three theater departments from three Illinois universities explore a wide Shakespearean spectrum with renditions of a comedy, a history, and a fantasy. In Measure for Measure, the hosting thespians uncap a comedy about the hypocrisy of a corrupt judge the Duke of Vienna tasks to tidy the city’s lax moral code of conduct. On Saturday night, Western Illinois condenses the history plays of Henry IV into a single show, chronicling the perilous years in English history when British soldiers fended off the thorns that pricked royal fingers. For Sunday’s finale, a Prospero from Bradley’s Peoria campus casts a stormy spell over the city’s north lakeshore in Shakespeare’s last play, The Tempest. The theater groups will produce all three works using the same innovative set structure, lighting design, and spells for summoning stagehands, enabling the triad to smoothly reconstruct itself at the other two campuses after the inaugural Chicago festival.
Though Loyola University offers a discounted price to its students, this Groupon still offers the best deal available.
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The Groupon Guide to: Classic Beatles Songs
The music of The Beatles is nothing short of an American treasure. Here is a listening guide to the best of the best of The Beatles:
"Yesterday:" Listen closely to the singing on this classic track and you can tell that it was originally sung backward and then reversed to give the impression that the singer was traveling back to “yesterday.”
"A Day in the Life:" This song has a classic Beatles easter egg. Listen closely and you can hear Ringo say “Oops!” 37 times, one for each time he dropped a drumstick.
"The Big Song:" Classic The Beatles. Here they are doing what they do best. Notice how the trumpets stop and are replaced by actual elephants at the 22:46 mark.
"Doctor Donkey’s Dirigible:" This tune from their experimental phase has two imaginary drum sets on it.
"Tubthumping:" Who would’ve thought that 30 years later The Beatles would still be on top of their game?
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