First produced in 1977, three years before Ronald Reagan was elected president, ‘Curse’ has only gained power as an indictment of late-stage capitalism.

I found Steppenwolf’s “Fool for Love” overly styled and tentative, but that’s far from the case with director Azar Kazemi’s ...

Directed by Scott Elliot, the revival of "Curse of the Starving Class" is funny, strange, dramatic, explosive — and not very ...

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And while they might be cliche, Raven Theatre’s incendiary production of Sam Shepard’s violently intense “A Lie of the Mind” is definitely all three. Running through March 22, the ...

But this thrilling play by the late playwright Sam Shepard is more than just any old spat between former lovers. “Fool for Love” taps into all kinds of mythical tropes, including the Old West ...

Sam Shepard has died, and American theater has lost one of its last remaining giants. Shepard is the author of dozens of plays, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Buried Child (1978 ...

Across the Pershing Square Signature Center’s lobby and down the hall, the New Group is reviving the late Sam Shepard’s “Curse of the Starving Class,” from 1977. “Curse” was the ...

Mumbai, India, 12th March, 2025: Sam Shepard’s True West is a gripping exploration into the raw, deep analysis of sibling rivalry. Ary Satish, an award-winning international stage actor graces the ...

Forty-five years after a jury convicted Dr. Sam Sheppard of bludgeoning his wife to death in his home, the Ohio courts will once again hear testimony in a Sheppard trial. In January 2000 ...

With “Fool for Love” playing at the Steppenwolf Theatre and now “A Lie of the Mind” at the thriving Raven Theatre, Chicago is having something of a Sam Shepard revival. The late ...