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A tangled web is woven in Steppenwolf Theatre’s somewhat disjointed ‘Another Marriage’

Judy Greer and her co-stars elevate the solid if not spectacular romantic triangle script by Kate Arrington.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 26, 2023

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 · Oct 28, 2022

Broadway review: Tracy Letts’ intense drama ‘The Minutes’ turns small town democracy into a war zone

NEW YORK — When I first saw Tracy Letts’ “The Minutes” in 2017 in Chicago, director Anna D. Shapiro’s sizzling Steppenwolf Theatre production felt like a takedown of Donald Trump’s triumphalist America, too engaged in self-promotion to confront the unsavory aspects of its own origin story.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022