Also, a new book on the history of Steppenwolf, from Gary Sinise to Tracy Letts.
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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.
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Tracy Letts and the case of the missing play
The best parts of Steppenwolf’s Mary Page Marlowe may be the ones that aren’t there.
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Off-Loop institution Mary-Arrchie Theatre says good-bye with American Buffalo
Tony Adler reviews the production of American Buffao David Mamet didn’t want reviewed.
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The Hammer Trinity is a nine-hour fantasy epic that feels surprisingly short
The House Theatre of Chicago’s fantasy epic The Hammer Trinity is thrilling and thought-provoking—even if you don’t like fantasy.
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Horrible Bosses 2 has a lot to say about degradation—and almost none of it’s funny
The latest lowbrow comedy from Warner Bros. also has a surprising amount in common with the chilling indie drama Ghosts of Empire Prairie, which screens in Chicago next week.
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An old-fashioned take on today’s armed forces, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between January 10 and 16
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The home fires burn in August: Osage County
Meryl Streep is a fire-breathing matriarch in August: Osage County.
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Appropriate consequences at Victory Gardens
Grandpa’s secret comes out and the family melts down in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s new play.
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What ails Uncle Bob
Off-Loop vet Richard Cotovsky stars in Uncle Bob, Austin Pendleton’s deeply flawed 1995 play about a washout who’s dying of AIDS.
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Richard Cotovsky’s life on the fringe, rewarded
After four decades in Chicago theater, Mary-Arrchie’s Richard Cotovsky gets a special nod from the Jeff Awards.
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Weekly Top Five: “Violence is not funny”—the best of William Friedkin
Weekly Top Five: William Friedkin films
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The mother of them all, part two: The interview with actress Deanna Dunagan continued
Part two of a conversation with actress Deanna Dunagan