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Month: January 2018

January 31, 2018Chicago Reviews

Raven’s “Nice Girl” a Comic and Poignant Slice of Life

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member Photos by Michael Brosilow Sometimes life’s problems are monumental, matters of great importance […]

January 29, 2018January 30, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Hatfield & McCoy”: a Powerful “Romeo and Juliet” in the Appalachians

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member All photos by Michael Brosilow What American is unfamiliar with the long-lasting Capulet and […]

January 28, 2018January 28, 2018Chicago Reviews, USAOnStage

FL OnStage: Hop on an Emotional, Heartfelt, and Humorous “Ride” at ASC

Review by Aaron Krause, American Theatre Critics Association member CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Stories about a long journey allow the playwright to […]

January 27, 2018January 27, 2018Chicago Reviews

A Very Entertaining “Yank!” Does Pride Films & Plays Proud

Pride Arts Center may not be the first name on your lips when trying to figure out where to find one of […]

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018Chicago Reviews, USAOnStage

NationOnStage Florida Review: Flashdance More of a Flash in the Pan

Review by Beverly Friend Flashdance is a feel-good musical presented by a fresh-faced, young, nubile and rather charming cast but burdened by […]

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018Chicago Reviews

Shattered Globe’s “Five Mile Lake” a Realistic Slice of (Unfulfilled) Lives

Step into the Theatre Wit stage housing Shattered Globe’s production of Five Mile Lake by Rachel Bonds and you instantly know something is not […]

January 20, 2018January 22, 2018Chicago Reviews

The Powerful “I Saw Myself” Leaves a Lot of Questions Unanswered

The Powerful “I Saw Myself” Leaves a Lot of Questions Unanswered In a former life, I spent 38 years as an English […]

January 19, 2018January 23, 2018Chicago Reviews

Timeline’s “Boy”: A Poignant and Important Love Story For Our Era

Timeline Theatre’s newest production, Anna Ziegler’s Boy, is a lot of things. It is an account, albeit highly fictionalized, of events that actually […]

January 18, 2018Articles, Musings

A Personal Perspective of Timeline’s “Boy” From a TG Critic

Step into the world of Timeline Theatre’s “Boy” and you walk through an exhibit about the innateness of gender into a theatre […]

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018Chicago Reviews

Bronies’ World Turned Upside Down in Overly Complex “Antelope Party”

All I knew when I walked into The Antelope Party, now playing at Theatre Wit, was that someone (Eric John Meyer) had written […]

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