“Here is a theater. No curtain, no wings, no scenery. Just an empty space.” Konstantin Treplev, the young and hungry artist manqué in Anton Chekhov’s Seagull, intones these words before the disastrous and abortive premiere of his play-within-the-play for his family. But at the Saturday opening of ensemble member Yasen Peyankov’s production at Steppenwolf, it […]
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Bug captures our current malaise
There was only one weekend left in Steppenwolf’s original production run of Bug when the theater announced it would be closing its doors to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on March 12, 2020. Twenty months later, the company has launched its “comeback” season with a second, complete revival run (once again directed by David Cromer) […]
Bug still gets under the skin
David Cromer’s production for Steppenwolf taps into our current conspiracy-theory culture.
The second coming of True West
Jon Michael Hill and Namir Smallwood breathe fire into Steppenwolf’s revival.
East Texas Hot Links: Still awkward after all these years
A Writers Theatre revival doesn’t solve old problems with Eugene Lee’s play.
The Gift Theatre gives us a stripped-down Grapes of Wrath
But the Joads are still driving a clunker.
The Second Act Is American Life
And it drains the power from Lonnie Carter’s play about the Lost Boys of Sudan.