Brokeback Mountainis spare and heartfelt at Chicago Shakespeare

Source Chicago Reader
Original Load Date June 11, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Last Updated June 11, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
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Annie Proulx’s short story, “Brokeback Mountain,” made its debut in the _New Yorker_ in 1997 and was then anthologized in her 1999 collection, _Close Range: Wyoming Stories_ . Many people are probably most familiar with this story from Ang Lee’s 2005 film. But if you don’t need the cinematic sweep a...