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Tuesday, April 23
The Steppenwolf Theater's production of August: Osage County, written by Tracy Letts and a big hit on Broadway, picked up seven Tony Award nominations. The Chicago Shakespeare Theater received the 2008 Tony Award for excellence in regional theater.