In Chicago theater, the return of a great—not to mention famous—ensemble actor to the Steppenwolf Theatre Company is an event exciting enough to register on the Richter scale. Particularly when […]

Profiling a familiar family dynamic, but with unexpectedly heartfelt and emotional results, director/co-writer/star Ray Romano makes his feature directing debut with Somewhere in Queens, the story of lovable loser Leo […]

Robert O’Hara’s funny, snarky familyish drama Barbecue was staged by Strawdog Theatre in 2017 in Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theatre. It’s set in a public park where four siblings, led by one […]