(Chris Jones's review appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 2/4.) Like a sleeping Midwestern beast loosed from its cage of self-imposed timidity and graduate-school moralism, the old-school Stepp…
Carrie Coon, Namir Smallwood, Randall Arney, and more star in the David Cromer"helmed production in Chicago.
Coon stars in David Cromer's new Steppenwolf production of an intense play by her husband, Tracy Letts.
asdasdIn a seedy Oklahoma motel room, a lonely waitress begins an unexpected love affair with a young drifter. And then they see the first bugsa?? Tracy Letts's mind-bending cult classica?'a…
The Chicago theatre launches its 2019"2020 season with Lauren Yee's The Great Leap.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced the 201920 Season today. With seven Steppenwolf main series productions and two Steppenwolf for Young Adults SYA productions, the 44th season brings tog…
Steppenwolf Theatre's 44th season will feature a new production of Tracy Letts' 1996 drama "Bug," helmed by the Broadway director David Cromer and starring the theater's new ensemble member …
A new series looks back to a time of hysteria and doomsday scenarios
Summer is outdoor theater season, facing audiences and players alike with special conditions and challenges. John speaks to performers and directors about playing in the heat, humidity, and …
But, amidst all this excitement, there was an undertow of concern in the crowd at this year's IRNE Awards.
There's a notion in Jewish mysticism that the Torah appears in different forms in different eras, depending on how much the people of that era can absorb"a collection of fables, say, at one …
Even leading ladies need sick days once in awhile! Meteor Shower's funny gals Amy Schumer and Laura Benanti have both been struck by winter weather illnesses. As a result, the 3 p.m. per…
Beyoncé Visits Broadway’s Aladdin Queen Bey? More like the Queen of Broadway! Music superstar Beyoncé enjoyed a performance if Disney’s Aladdin at the New Amsterdam…
Disney Channel is bringing back the ’90s camp series “Bug Juice,” Variety has learned. “Bug Juice,” which aired for three seasons from 1998 through 2001, fol…
The 'Midsummer Night's Dream' star talks physical comedy, mid-show rainfall and definitely not petting the raccoons.read more
Two years ago, director Sam Gold took home a Tony Award for his remarkable work on the Tony winning musical Fun Home. Now he's back for more as a nominee for A Doll's House, Part 2, a show f…
An immersive and sensory exhibition experience that zooms in on the evolutionary genius of bugs as told by a collection of insects and related animals, Melbourne Museum will host the Austral…
Today's going to be a great day, and here's why: we made it to the weekend, Lea Michele's Places hits earbuds today, and to top it all off, we have a new roundup of Broadway hots…
Following the success of his first venture into the world of Broadway producing with the hit comedy THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, prolific director J.J. Abrams tells The Hollywood Reporter that …
Sponsoring productions is seen as an effective way to showcase their home countries.
Chicago has long-awaited "Bat Boy," the smart and generally hilarious spoof of (among other things) small-town myopia, the repelling of outsiders and tabloid journalism, since there actually…
By Douglas Mayo BUG starring James Norton and Kate Fleetwood has proved to be a very popular play indeed, with the entire season Sold Out prior to the show’s press night. Producers…
Kate Fleetwood and James Norton create a tense, Hitchcock-like atmosphere in this must-see play about paranoia
By Matthew Lunn Simon Evans' production of Bug is a visceral and immersive piece, which lives up to Tracey Letts' excellent script. Kate Fleetwood and James Norton deliver deeply moving perf…