Shakespeare's play defies the cold weather.
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Even in the frigid environs of Navy Pier, this "Midsummer" generates a palpable heat. The 23 cast members, who all hail from India and Sri Lanka, attack Shakespeare's text with subcontinental hustle, periodically breaking from Elizabethan English into any one of eight South Asian tongues. Packed with singing, circus tricks, fighting, live percussion and a maximalist's sense of fun, the show is sometimes unfocused, but unfailingly generous.
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