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Dreams are played out onstage in 'Winesburg'

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 20020227
Author:Hedy Weiss

Arts Exchange is Steppenwolf Theatre's program of performances specially designed for student matinee audiences, but these productions often are among the best work the company presents, and a limited number of performances are scheduled for public viewing.

Now onstage, and not to be missed, is "Winesburg, Ohio," Eric Rosen's pristine and poetic new adaptation of the classic 1919 collection of interrelated tales by Ohio-born, Chicago-associated writer Sherwood Anderson. This exquisitely rendered vision of the dark undercurrents that run through the life of a late 1800s Midwestern town--a ...

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