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Besties’ friendship is put to the ultimate test in splendid ‘Chlorine Sky’ at Steppenwolf

The world premiere stage adaptation of Mahogany L. Browne’s young adult novel delivers both dramatically and — in a number of thrilling basketball sequences — athletically.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tony Award-winner, Chicago stage champion Frank Galati dies

Frank Galati, an actor, director, teacher and adapter who was a pivotal figure in Chicago’s theater community and a two-time Tony Award winner, has died

The Independent UK

Frank Galati, pioneering Chicago theater artist and Oscar nominee, is dead at 79

CHICAGO — Frank Galati, a pivotal figure over five decades in Chicago theater, a Tony Award-winning Broadway director, a beloved longtime teacher at Northwestern University, an ensemble member at both the Steppenwolf and Goodman theaters and a pioneer in the adaptation of novels and other narrative sources into exciting drama,…

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Frank Galati, Tony Award-winning Chicago director, writer, actor, dead at 79

An icon in Chicago theater, he was best-known for his work at Steppenwolf Theatre and the Goodman Theater.

Chicago Sun-Times

Multigenerational worlds collide in moving, funny and powerful ‘Bald Sisters’ at Steppenwolf Theatre

As a play, “Bald Sisters” is a prime exemplar of the American kitchen-sink family drama and a classic Chicago-style show,

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago actor Anthony Norman front and center with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ role

Though he now calls New York home, star of the touring production still considers Chicago ‘the pinnacle of acting.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Anna Shapiro sets up new company, TV series with Chris Rock

Former Steppenwolf artistic director’s new Highwire Media also plots a Jane Lynch series and a Broadway play by Matthew-Lee Erlbach.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Big dreams for tiny homes, a review of Steppenwolf’s ‘1919’ and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘1919’ a searing, unflinching portrait of Black Chicago’s past, present and future

Eve L. Ewing’s collection of poems is adapted for the stage by J. Nicole Brooks in a powerhouse production at Steppenwolf Theatre.

Chicago Sun-Times

My worst moment: ‘They/Them’ star Theo Germaine and the anxiety of being an understudy

CHICAGO — Chicago actor Theo Germaine debuted on screen in the Ryan Murphy Netflix series “The Politician.” Then came their role on the Chicago comedy “Work in Progress” for Showtime. Now Germaine stars alongside Kevin Bacon in the slasher film “They/Them” for Peacock, set at a LGBTQ conversion camp.

Chicago Tribune

True West review – Sam Shepard’s fraternal face-off gains new resonance

Steppenwolf’s staging at Galway International Arts festival has a smart political and racial awareness as it unpicks the American myth

The Guardian - UK

Developer would replace Royal George Theatre with apartments

The plan envisions 20 affordable units and housing for artists and staff working at Steppenwolf Theatre across the street.

Chicago Sun-Times

My worst moment: ‘Inventing Anna’ star Jeff Perry and the many embarrassments along the way that make a career

CHICAGO — Jeff Perry is a familiar face to longtime Shondaland viewers, from his role as the political mover and shaker Cyrus Beene on ABC’s “Scandal” to a far kindlier role as a nurturing colleague and “Scriberia” journalist in Netflix’s “Inventing Anna.”

Chicago Tribune

Steppenwolf’s succinct ‘Seagull’ flies a direct route from one heartbreak to the next

A spare, nuanced, emotionally crystalline staging of the Chekhov classic inaugurates the theater’s new space on Halsted.

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My worst moment: Mike Birbiglia and bombing on stage — not at comedy club but a country club

Comedian Mike Birbiglia performs his one-man show “The Old Man and the Pool” at Steppenwolf Theatre through the end of the month and he describes it as a “story that starts at my doctor’s office, for my annual checkup. I do the pulmonary test, where you blow into the tube,…

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‘King James,’ Steppenwolf’s amusing take on basketball bros, a one-on-one worth watching

The stakes are low, the entertainment value high as two Clevelanders connect and clash over the course of LeBron James’ career.

Chicago Tribune

The myth of LeBron James, if not the man himself, will soon be on stage in Chicago with 'King James'

CHICAGO — Ask most directors if their world-premiere Chicago show might have a chance at Broadway and they’ll demur. “Just doing it for here,” they’ll say, or some version of how such bridges should not yet be crossed.

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