THEATER SPOTLIGHT
2018-07-25


Photo by Steve Townshend


Babes with Blades are Chicago's grande dames of inspired uproar. From swashbuckling with swords to rioting with rapiers, they pioneered methods of fight choreography back when the art form was all but exclusively the domain of boys. With The Lady Demands Satisfaction, they deliver a farce filled with not-so-docile young maidens, mistaken identities and embattled inheritances. Move over, Douglas Fairbanks ( oh, Google it, kids. ) Femme fighting is ferociously fine. It runs through Sunday, Aug. 25, at City Lit Theatre, 1020 Bryn Mawr Ave.; $25, $15 student, seniors, $10 industry; pay-what-you-can Aug. 9, 16. Visit BabesWithBlades.org .


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