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Company is known for its acting ensemble and is well regarded in Chicago and nationwide. It was founded in 1974 by actors Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry and Gary Sinise, incorporating in the following year and finding a home in 1976 in the basement of the Immaculate Conception Church and School in Highland Park. The company moved in 1980 to a 134-seat theater at the Jane Addams Hull House Center. In 1982, "True West," with John Malkovich and Gary Sinise, was the first Steppenwolf production brought to New York. In 1990, "The Grapes of Wrath" won a Tony for best director/play for Frank Galati and best play for the 1989-90 season. The company moved to its current home in 1991. Ensemble playwright Tr...
Company is known for its acting ensemble and is well regarded in Chicago and nationwide. It was founded in 1974 by actors Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry and Gary Sinise, incorporating in the following year and finding a home in 1976 in the basement of the Immaculate Conception Church and School in Highland Park. The company moved in 1980 to a 134-seat theater at the Jane Addams Hull House Center. In 1982, "True West," with John Malkovich and Gary Sinise, was the first Steppenwolf production brought to New York. In 1990, "The Grapes of Wrath" won a Tony for best director/play for Frank Galati and best play for the 1989-90 season. The company moved to its current home in 1991. Ensemble playwright Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County" went to Broadway in 2007. There are three theaters at the venue: Downstairs Stage (main space with 515 seats); Upstairs Theatre; and Garage Theatre (often used to produce works from outside companies). The company's Traffic series is for artists of varying disciplines.
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What's your taste? Our chart of 44 shows
SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNEWell, it's been quite a year for Chicago, and we're not just talking winning baseball teams, our first " Top Chef," and a certain local politico who is in the race for the White House. Chicago theater has been taking home trophies by the truckload in...Tags: Public Holidays, Music Industry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Halloween, Haruki Murakami
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What if we made a meal of it? Here's your menu
Tribune criticThink of this as your theater menu. Chicago is known for theaters. And Chicago is known for its restaurants. So when you're planning a night out this fall, a key decision will be whether to go to one of Chicago's celebrated eating establishments—...Tags: Society, David Mamet, Music Theater, Theater, Marriott Theatre
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... And a side dish of restaurants
Chicago Tribune criticA menu of fall theater ought also to have actual menus. Here are my five restaurants for the season Boka, 1729 N. Halsted St., 312-337-6070. Close enough to the Steppenwolf Theatre that you can share the traffic jam with its ticket-holders, but chef...Tags: Burr Ridge, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Ray Bradbury, Theater, Alfred Hitchcock
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Chris Jones' Top 10 for the season
Tribune staff reporterYou can see a new show in this singularly remarkable theater city pretty much every night between now and Thanksgiving. That's my plan, anyway. But if you prefer to be more selective, or prosaic necessities limit your cultural intake, here are 10 of the...Tags: Public Holidays, Arlington (Staten Island, New York), Jerry Lee Lewis, Haruki Murakami, Theater
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Lincoln Park's wild kingdom
Chicago Tribune reporterBeing bored is not an option in Lincoln Park, where the kinetic lifestyle verges on sensory overload. With its potpourri of restaurants, shops, amenities and close proximity to downtown Chicago, it's no wonder the North Side neighborhood's unique...Tags: Road Transportation, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago Transit Authority, DePaul University, Theater
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Stage ticker
The tour of "Rent," which stars original cast members Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, is returning to Chicago. Pascal and Rapp also appeared in the movie version of Jonathan Larson's much-loved musical, which closes on Broadway this Sunday. The national...Tags: Jonathan Larson, Theater, Oriental Theater, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Chris Jones recommends
The Boys From Syracuse: David H. Bell's swing version of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical moves around scenes, updates arrangements and adds shtick and visual pizzazz. Execution is a good notch below concept, but this enjoyable production has...Tags: Banking, Music Theater, Music, Olympic Games, Theater
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A new leader's new priorities at Celebration Theatre
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE SCRIPT reigns supreme in the theater world. Actors learn their lines and recite them. So do artistic directors, who are known to cling to their publicity-vetted talking points like politicians in an election year. Michael A. Shepperd counts himself a...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Music Theater, West Hollywood, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Theater
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Hottest ticket
Superior Donuts: Tracy Letts is a proud Chicago writer. And although the scope and human weight of his latest play doesn't match "August: Osage County," it's a witty, seductive and greatly entertaining Chicago show. Set in the waning days of the last... -
When a premiere isn't—and why not to care
In a recent review of the First Look Repertory of New Work at the Steppenwolf Theatre, I described the plays therein as "world premieres." Steppenwolf took objection to that designation and asked me to delete that reference. "We are not claiming the...Tags: Tom Stoppard, New York, David Mamet, Music Theater, Theater
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'The Right Stuff' is next on launchpad for 'One Book, One Chicago'
Chicago Tribune reporterTo commemorate the 50th anniversary of NASA and Chicago's Air and Water Show, Chicago library officials on Thursday announced "The Right Stuff" by author-journalist Tom Wolfe as its 15th selection for the "One Book, One Chicago" citywide book club series....Tags: Chicago Public Library, Society, Richard M. Daley, Carl Sandburg, Tom Wolfe
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Steppenwolf First Look trifecta takes on love, fear and the workplace
Chicago Tribune criticCan writers own their own influence? Can a liar lie to a lie detector? And can a pair of emotionally damaged research-geeks find mutual, middle-age love in the sanitized Indiana halls of Eli Lilly Corp.? The Steppenwolf Theatre's annual world-...Tags: New York, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Brian King, David Mamet, Theater
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