“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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Lindiwe is at its best when it lets the music do the talking
Steppenwolf’s latest collaboration with Ladysmith Black Mambazo has too much story, not enough song.
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The Children vividly imagines the worst-case scenario after an environmental disaster.
Playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s devastated world is nightmarishly familiar.
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Erika Sheffer’s The Fundamentals does David Mamet proud
The intriguing outweighs the dutiful in Steppenwolf’s new production.
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It’s OK if Americans abuse the language, but our drama critics went too far!
Drama critics commit shameful blunder in reviewing Steppenwolf’s Grand Concourse.
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A manipulative teen spoils the payoff in Steppenwolf’s Grand Concourse
It’s set in a Bronx soup kitchen, but Grand Concourse doesn’t show much social conscience.
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Steppenwolf Theatre’s little summer festival offers three plays worth developing
At First Look Rep, Steppenwolf Theatre’s little summer festival, the sitting is easy.
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Best Use of Daft Punk
Both tunes were everywhere, but “Get Lucky” is no “Happy.”
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In Russian Transport, something viral this way comes
In Steppenwolf’s Russian Transport, a family is infected by history.
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Rosencratz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Review of European Repertory’s 2001 production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencratz and Guildenstern are dead.
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Artificial Intelligence/Steppenwolf Strikes a Nerve
Media columnist Mike Miner on Y2K and Steppenwolf’s 1999 production of Hysteria, a dark farce that raised the issue of “trigger warnings” before the term had come into use.
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Final Analysis
Albert Williams reviews Steppenwolf Theatre’s 1999 production of Hysteria, by British playwright Terry Johnson
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The Play’s the Thing
How the founders of the European Repertory Company have endured illness, abject poverty, and rotten reviews to create the theater group of their dreams.