Tracy Letts Steals the Show in Steppenwolf’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

If you’re a theater lover and have never seen Edward Albee’s famous play about a couple’s turbulent relationship—or even if you have—don’t miss Steppenwolf’s current production. At 3 hours, with two 15-minute intermissions, this play is theater for serious theatergoers, but the fighting between the main couple, George and Martha—often funny and sometimes violent—keeps the […]

Theater Commitment Issues? TV Guide to Choosing Wisely

Want a guaranteed date night? Then put aside the remote, get off the couch and treat yourself to live theater.   Now is when 2010-2011 seasons are announced, so it’s the ideal time to lock in good seats at the best prices—some 25 and even 30 percent less than single performance tickets. But which theater […]

"Fake" at Steppenwolf: A Play that Gets Real on Evolution and Religion

Has the missing link ever been found? In 1912 a skull supposedly unearthed in Sussex, England seemed to prove that man had evolved from the ape, supporting Charles Darwin’s “Origin of the Species” published more than half a century earlier. That’s the crux of the new, thought-provoking drama “Fake,” which opened at Steppenwolf on Sept. […]