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Posted inArts & Culture

Erika Sheffer’s The Fundamentals does David Mamet proud

by Justin Hayford November 23, 2016August 18, 2021

The intriguing outweighs the dutiful in Steppenwolf’s new production.

Posted inBlogs

Fashion and two-for-one tix for Steppenwolf’s Marie Antoinette tonight only

by Kate Schmidt April 9, 2015August 18, 2021

Check out Steppenwolf’s Marie Antoinette for half price and/or a free fashion show inspired by the play tonight.

Posted inArts & Culture

Steppenwolf’s Marie Antoinette takes the wrong side of the French Revolution

by Tony Adler February 18, 2015August 18, 2021

David Adjmi’s teen-queen tragedy is closer to Sofia Coppola’s movie than to Bertolt Brecht.

Kate Arrington and Cliff Chamberlain
Posted inArts & Culture

Sleeping with the enemy in Belleville

by Tony Adler July 10, 2013August 19, 2021

Sleeping with the enemy in Belleville.

Alana Arenas in Head of Passes
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Lost Soul

by Tony Adler June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

An actress plays a carrier of secret traumas.

Tim Hopper, Ron Cephas Jones, James T. Alfred, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Jacqueline Williams, and Glenn Davis
Posted inArts & Culture

At Steppenwolf, a flawed work signals a major talent

by Tony Adler April 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Head of Passes puts a payment down on future masterpieces.

The March at Steppenwolf: His truth goes marching on.
Posted inArts & Culture

A foggy war at Steppenwolf

by Kerry Reid April 18, 2012August 19, 2021

A failure to focus mars Steppenwolf Theatre’s The March

"The Brother/Sister Plays"
Posted inArts & Culture

Like a Foreign Country

by Tony Adler February 4, 2010August 19, 2021

Tarell Alvin McCraney’s jolting close-up of life on the gulf coast

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