The actress discusses her roles in August: Osage County and Other Desert Cities
Tag: Tracy Letts
Quest for the lost point
The House Theatre loses its way with the D&D-style saga The Iron Stag King
Sick with fear, and the rest of the week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s, you know, issue
Getting to the meat of Three Sisters
A new adaptation of Three Sisters, written by Tracy Letts and directed by Anna Shapiro
This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend iO Theater, Aripo’s sandwiches, and the Harlotry and Necromancy Appreciation Society
Finding a Home in Nebraska
Redtwist Theatre stages Tracy Letts’s play about a grandfather taking off to find himself.
Tracy Letts on The Interview Show
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright/actor Tracy Letts stopped by “The Interview Show,” hosted by Mark Bazer, to discuss “August: Osage County,” Steppenwolf Theatre, the Festivus episode of “Seinfeld” and Profiles Theatre’s revival of his first play, “Killer Joe,” now playing at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago. Watch below: (The next “Interview Show” is July 9, at […]
The Interview Show: Charlie Trotter, Tracy Letts
The latest edition of Mark Bazer’s monthly Interview Show, tonight at 6:30 at the Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia Ave., 773-227-4433 or 866-468-3401, $5), features Charlie Trotter and playwright/actor Tracy Letts, along with performances by Schadenfreude, Prescott Tolk, and funk band The Jordan Years. After the jump, interviews with SNL writer Hannibal Burress (who’ll be performing […]
The Delusions of Losers
Mamet’s hard look at a hopeless pursuit of the American Dream
Casting announced for Superior Donuts on Broadway
Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced that the original Chicago cast of Superior Donuts will reprise their roles in the play’s New York production this fall. Directed by Tina Landau, the show will star Michael McKean and feature Steppenwolf members Jon Michael Hill, Yasen Peyankov, and James Vincent Meredith, along with Jane Alderman, Kate Buddeke, Cliff […]
Superior Donuts is headed to New York
Tracy Letts’s play will run at the same Broadway theater that housed his August: Osage County.