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November 11, 2020November 11, 2020Chicago Reviews

Old love ignites again in Steppenwolf’s “What Is Left, Burns”

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association; photo by Lowell Thomas In another worthy addition to this Year of […]

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020Chicago Reviews

Tracy Letts’ “Bug” gets an absolutely perfect production at Steppenwolf

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. Maybe it is human nature to wish to […]

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019Chicago Reviews

The music is the thing in Steppenwolf’s Lindiwe

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. Ever since they burst onto the US music […]

July 15, 2019July 19, 2019Chicago Reviews

Steppenwolf revisits its origins in a glorious and gritty “True West”

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. What is the “true west”? Is it deserts and […]

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Ms. Blakk” is a joyful celebration of a little known LGBT hero

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. It’s a little bit difficult to review Steppenwolf’s latest […]

March 5, 2019October 16, 2026News

Steppenwolf Breaks Ground Today on New Campus Expansion

New Building to Feature 400-seat In-the-Round Theatre, Dedicated Education Floorand New Social Spaces where Artists, Audiences and Students Converge Rendering by Adrian […]

October 27, 2018October 27, 2018Chicago Reviews

Steppenwolf’s “Downstate” examines pedophilia in a new way

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. In our society, there is probably no class of […]

June 30, 2018Chicago Reviews

“The Roommate” is unpredictably hilarious and poignant

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member You never know when a simple decision is going to change your life. […]

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018Chicago Reviews

“You Got Older” Never Quite Comes Together

Sometimes, watching a play, I get the distinct feeling that the playwright is just trying too hard. Often, this manifests itself in […]

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December 19, 2017December 19, 2017Chicago Reviews

Steppenwolf’s Hilarious BLKS Is All About Friendship

“There’s something intrinsic about a couch in black culture,” Aziza Barnes, the author of BLKS, the hilarious and often powerful play about being young, female, and […]

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