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Month: September 2018

September 30, 2018October 1, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Indecent” is a powerful, timely reminder of the need to act decently

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Michael Brosilow. In an era when America is sadly renewing both […]

September 29, 2018September 30, 2018Chicago Reviews

CST’s “Nell Gwynn” is a brilliant comic romp

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Liz Lauren. There is quite a way to go and many […]

September 26, 2018September 28, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Caroline, or Change’ is anchored by a powerful performance

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Marisa KM. It isn’t often that you see a musical in […]

September 25, 2018Chicago Reviews

“We’re Only Alive For a Short Amount of Time”…so go see this play!

By Beverly Friend, Ph.D., Member American Theater Critics Assn; photo by Liz Lauren. Reviewers know — or are supposed to know — […]

September 24, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Arms and the Man” stands up well in City Lit’s production

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Steve Graue. George Bernard Shaw is a name mentioned in the […]

September 23, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Second Skin” is a haunting tale told beautifully

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Joe Mazza. There are some times when the script of a […]

September 22, 2018September 22, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Curve of Departure” is a lovely slice of life

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Michael Brosilow. Rachel Bonds’ Curve of Departure is a little gem […]

September 21, 2018Chicago Reviews

Well-acted, uneven “Odessa” gets lost in its own labyrinth

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Lindsay Williams. The Odessa catacombs are a multi-level series of mining […]

September 18, 2018September 20, 2018Chicago Reviews

“You want to own a bookstore?”: An amazing evening of magic with Brett Schneider

By Joe DeRosa; photo by Eve Rydberg I was seven-years-old in April 1983, when I watched David Copperfield make the Statue of […]

September 17, 2018Chicago Reviews

Lifeline’s gender-switched “Frankenstein” is a brilliant, dark take on the original

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Suzanne Plunkett. In this, the 200th anniversary of the writing of […]

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