Playwright Tracy Letts on reviving ‘Bug’ on Broadway

Chicago Sun-Times: When Tracy Letts penned his play “Bug” 30 years ago, it seemed to come at a specific moment when conspiracy theories had become more integrated into mainstream society. Letts, who would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize (for writing the play “August: Osage County”) and two Tony Awards (for acting and best play), said he grew up in a time when conspiracies were passed person-to-person “urban legend style.”