A Gorey good time

Source Chicago Reader
Original Load Date Jan. 22, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
Last Updated Jan. 22, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
Original URL https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/theater/theater-review/uncanny-attic-chapters-e-h-lookout-series-steppenwolf-beautifully-gruesome-productions/

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_The Uncanny Attic_ was recently back at Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series, this time unfolding chapters E through H of Edward Gorey’s timeless stories about _The Gashlycrumb Tinies_ . Maybe this macabre storytelling based on the untimely demise of precocious children—in alphabetical order—rings a bell. ...