I didn’t meet the revered Chicago Tribune theater critic, Richard Christiansen, until 2016 when I started interviewing him for my book Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater. He was 84 years old and living at The Selfhelp Home, an assisted living facility for older Jewish adults where a caregiver he particularly liked would sit […]
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Swimming in the Chicago River might be possible in 15 years, and other news
Also, a new book on the history of Steppenwolf, from Gary Sinise to Tracy Letts.
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Steppenwolf’s East of Eden is a mythic misstep
Frank Galati’s adaptation of the Steinbeck novel doesn’t find a way ‘in and in and in.’
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Steppenwolf’s Terry Kinney and Frank Galati talk about East of Eden and the power of myth
Also discussed: the genius of John Steinbeck, the eternal human battle between good and evil, and the challenges of adapting an 800-page novel for the stage.