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Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation’s premier ensemble theater company, is pleased to continue its 50th Anniversary Season with August Strindberg’s master class in marital warfare The Dance of ...

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America will appear in cities across North America in 2026, with dates from March through June. Key stops along the way include Chicago, Denver, Toronto and Atlantic City. They're also set to play ...

Robert Costa is a national correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and chief Washington analyst for CBS News. Now, as we enter the second year of the second Trump presidency, we also enter the ...

Never since American troops came to Europe’s rescue eight decades ago have the links between the new and old worlds seemed so frayed. MAGA types in Washington ooze contempt for their transatlantic ...

Crumbling highways. A housing shortage. Broken infrastructure. America is stuck. But the pendulum may be ready to swing. Video illustration by Nico Krijno Supported by Crumbling highways. A housing ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For decades, Robert Falls was Goodman Theatre's artistic director, a shining star, luminous as any of his performers or plays. His talent is now at Steppenwolf, where he's at the helm ...

Tim Slack has received funding from the NSF, USDA, NIH, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Energy, Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources, and Gulf of Mexico Research ...

Inside View: Ignore the haters pushing a revisionist history, and recognize the American experiment for the success that it is. Photo: Michael Brochstein/Zuma Press Democracy is a powerful and ...

CHICAGO — It might seem to be about two 18th century Vienna composers, but Peter Shaffer’s masterful 1979 play “Amadeus,” which opened Sunday night at the Steppenwolf Theatre, is really a play about ...

Little Bear Ridge Road has made its way to Broadway following a run at Steppenwolf last year. The production just opened at the Booth Theatre. As New York ushers in its latest Steppenwolf transfer, we ...