Yasen Peyankov Is Spectacular in Steppenwolf's Deep and Dist

This spring at Steppenwolf, Rajiv Joseph’s Describe the Night is an elegant, witty, and perceptive dramatic reimagining of the life and legacy of Russian Jewish writer Isaac Babel. The famed author of Red Cavalry and Odessa Stories, Babel was arrested by the the Soviet Interior Ministry (NKVD) in 1939 and executed on fabricated charges of treason and...

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