The Emperor's New Clothes
Production 1

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The Emperor (Don Forston) declares a state of emergency in the kingdom when he realizes he has nothing to wear for Emperor's Day.

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The Emperor's New Clothes
Production 2

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The tailors Mama (left, Anne Gunn) and her son Kimberly (right, Alex Goodrich) convince the Emperor (Don Forston) that the new clothes they've designed for him will bring praise from the entire kingdom.

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The Emperor's New Clothes
Production 3

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The Emperor (Don Forston) and his fawning Secretaries (Jarrod Zimmerman, George Andrew Wolff and Mark David Kaplan) celebrate his gaudy fashion sense, but his daughter Sam (Megan Long) is unimpressed.

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The Emperor's New Clothes
Production 4

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The cast of The Emperor's New Clothes.

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The Emperor's New Clothes
Production 5

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The Emperor (right, Don Forston) celebrates after Lord Vince (left, Jonathan Weir) announces a kingdom-wide competition to design a new royal wardrobe.

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The Emperor's New Clothes
Production 6

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The Emperor's daughter, Sam (Megan Long), isn't thrilled to discover that her father (Don Forston) has turned her bedroom into a giant shoe closet.

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The Emperor's New Clothes
Production 7

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Two of the Emperor's Secretaries (Mark David Kaplan and Jarrod Zimmerman) present their ruler (Don Forston) in some of his best finery.

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The Emperor's New Clothes
Production 8

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The cast of The Emperor's New Clothes.

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The Emperor's New Clothes
Pre-Production 1

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Don Forston as the fashion-forward Emperor in the new musical based on Hans Christian Anderson's beloved fairy tale, at Chicago Shakespeare Theater June 30 through August 29, 2010.

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