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Steppenwolf’s Seagull opens a lovely new space

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A group of six is seated around a round table on the left. The floor is inlaid wood. On the right, an older man is lying on a chaise lounge, while a younger man stands next to him, looking concerned.

“Here is a theater. No curtain, no wings, no scenery. Just an empty space.” Konstantin Treplev, the young and hungry artist manqué in Anton Chekhov’s Seagull, intones these words before the disastrous and abortive premiere of his play-within-the-play for his family. But at the Saturday opening of ensemble member Yasen Peyankov’s production at Steppenwolf, it […]

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