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In The Accidental Curator, Steppenwolf ensemble member Molly Regan reckons with the dead
The solo show, in a limited run at Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theatre, tells a family’s story going back 130 years.
Former Steppenwolf artistic director Martha Lavey dies
Lavey died from complications from a stroke, the theater announced.
Theater Wit’s 10 Out of 12 isn’t about keeping us on the edge of our seats
Anne Washburn’s behind-the-scenes play re-creates the drudgery of a tech rehearsal.
At Profiles Theatre the drama—and abuse—is real
For more than 20 years, actors and crew members stayed silent about mistreatment they suffered at the acclaimed storefront theater. Now they’re speaking up, hoping to protect workers in non-Equity theaters across the country.
Chicago theater was true to our times in 2015
Theater Wit’s Bad Jews and the Goodman’s Stop. Reset. are among our senior theater critic’s favorites of the year.
‘I was following what the artists were doing’—An interview with Martha Lavey (part two)
A conversation about “institution” with Steppenwolf Theatre artistic director Martha Lavey, who will be leaving her job in 2015, after 20 years.
A talk with outgoing Steppenwolf artistic director Martha Lavey (part one)
An interview with Steppenwolf Theatre artistic director Martha Lavey, who will step down from her post in 2015.
Big changes are afoot at Steppenwolf
Theater announces new artistic and directors, and also expansion plans.
Approach Steppenwolf’s The Qualms without reservations
The Qualms, Bruce Norris’s satire about swingers, inspires no reservations in one Chicago critic.
Laugh along with Job in The Way West
In The Way West, Steppenwolf satirizes (and sings about) manifest destiny and the American dream.
At Steppenwolf’s Garage Rep, failure can spell success
The three productions featured at this year’s Garage Rep do what they’re supposed to: risk failure by thinking big.
Our five best bets for fall books
Our five best bets for fall books: Ray Bradbury, Chris Ware, Fran Lebowitz, and more
Why didn’t Bruce Norris play the game?
Producer Scott Rudin drops the Broadway version of Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park