Also, the number of homicides in Chicago in 2017 is now on pace to exceed 2016 levels.
Tag: Mariann Mayberry
A manipulative teen spoils the payoff in Steppenwolf’s Grand Concourse
It’s set in a Bronx soup kitchen, but Grand Concourse doesn’t show much social conscience.
Best Use of Daft Punk
Both tunes were everywhere, but “Get Lucky” is no “Happy.”
In Russian Transport, something viral this way comes
In Steppenwolf’s Russian Transport, a family is infected by history.
Still thinking about Lookingglass Theatre’s Still Alice—and about Alzheimer’s
The play and the novel it’s based on grapple with the disease honestly, as does a recent account in free verse.
Alzheimer’s from the inside out
Christine Mary Dunford adapts Still Alice, Lisa Genova’s novel about early-onset Alzheimer’s, to the stage.
Chops at last!
Steppenwolf Theatre Company stages the Chicago premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People
Artificial Intelligence/Steppenwolf Strikes a Nerve
Media columnist Mike Miner on Y2K and Steppenwolf’s 1999 production of Hysteria, a dark farce that raised the issue of “trigger warnings” before the term had come into use.
Final Analysis
Albert Williams reviews Steppenwolf Theatre’s 1999 production of Hysteria, by British playwright Terry Johnson