Although best known as a director, Sean Graney actually is becoming a most intriguing (and admirably prolific) adapter of classic literary works — from Sophocles to Shakespeare to Edgar Allan Poe. His talents in that arena aren't unlike his talents in stage direction, really — his skills include audacity, intensity, brevity and, most notably, a kind of insouciant creativity that feels like some maverick j…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 04:03PM on August 21, 2012