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July 24, 2023July 24, 2023Chicago Reviews

Steppenwolf puts on a hilarious yet hopeless “No Man’s Land”

Photo by Michael Brosilow I could tell you that Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land, now playing at Steppenwolf Theatre, is a deeply […]

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023Chicago Reviews

Another Marriage is not just another domestic comedy; it is a beautiful and thoughtful study of falling into and out of love

Photo by Michael Brosilow It is always hit or miss when an actor decides to try a hand at writing plays. Some […]

April 19, 2023April 19, 2023Chicago Reviews

How deep is your love? Steppenwolf’s Last Night and the Night Before asks a difficult question

Photo by Michael Brosilow There are secrets lurking within the heart of Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Last Night and the Night Before, but […]

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022Chicago Reviews

Steppenwolf presents a history-tangential fever dream in “Trial of Miz Martha Washington”

Movies and plays that highlight the deep depravity that was chattel slavery in the US pretty much always focus on misery and […]

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022Chicago Reviews

Choir Boy explores gay Black manhood at Steppenwolf

It is a wonderful coincidence that now, during Pride month, just after an inventive musical about a gay Black man trying to […]

May 14, 2022May 14, 2022Chicago Reviews

New translation of Chekhov’s Seagull proves a perfect match for Steppenwolf’s new Ensemble Theatre

When you say that you are doing a version of Chekhov’s The Seagull (or indeed any Chekhov play at all), the expectations […]

March 19, 2022March 19, 2022Chicago Reviews

King James’ center lies in basketball, but its heart encompasses a lot more

King James, the world premiere now playing at Steppenwolf, is a big-hearted, well-written, beautifully performed examination of male bonding and friendship. It […]

November 20, 2021October 16, 2026Chicago Reviews

Steppenwolf’s Bug: Can we talk about this?

*Another take on a brilliant show* She was sitting in the row in front of me. I noticed she was a talker, […]

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021Chicago Reviews

Vivian A.O. Barnes’ “Duchess! Duchess! Duchess!” Steppenwolf takes on the royal “Firm”

Duchess! Duchess! Duchess!, Steppenwolf Theatre’s latest addition to its NOW series of virtual plays, feels as if it has been ripped out […]

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020Chicago Reviews

There’s too much going on in Steppenwolf’s audio version of “Wally World”

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Steppenwolf’s new audio play, Isaac Gómez’s Wally World, is not a Christmas […]