The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Bloomington Civic Theatre presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), the madcap comedy where three guys in tights set out to perform all 37 of Shakespeare's plays in less than 100 minutes, with hilarious results. The famous plays undergo some changes, of course. Titus Andronicus becomes a cooking show, Othello is summarized in rap, Macbeth turns from tragedy into broad comedy and Hamlet is pared down to less than a minute. Originally created by the Reduced Shakespeare Company and first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the show ran for almost a decade in London and has since traveled all over the world before landing in Bloomington.