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Month: February 2019

February 28, 2019March 1, 2019Articles

Mostly transgender cast makes for a special Southern Comfort

It’s not exactly a secret that the right wing of this country despises transgender people. Since Trump came to power, as a […]

February 28, 2019February 28, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Twilight Bowl” captures small town life and the role of chance for all of us

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Erica Weiss. In Twilight Bowl by Rebecca Gilman, now playing at […]

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019Chicago Reviews

Lifeline’s “The Man Who Was Thursday” is a very funny satire that is perfect for our times

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Suzanne Plunkett. I found a cartoon on Facebook this evening. In […]

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Gross Indecency” is all about the “love that dare not speak its name”

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Tom McGrath. In his introduction to the novel The Picture of […]

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Mamma Mia” is thoroughly entertaining if you are the right audience

Review by Bradley Laas; photo by Brett Beiner I have often been told that I have not lived as a young gay […]

February 24, 2019February 24, 2019Chicago Reviews

Joffrey’s world premeire of “Anna Karenina” is “brave, bold, and brilliant”

Review by Joe De Rosa; photograph by Cheryl Mann There is a moment in Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece Anna Karenina when it is […]

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019Meta, Musings

500 Days of Reviewing

So this week marks my 500th day and 300th show as a reviewer. (Well, I’m at 298 Chicago reviews as I write […]

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019Chicago Reviews

“On Clover Road” is an intense thriller

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association; photo by Michael Brosilow I stare at a photo of my daughter when she […]

February 20, 2019Chicago Reviews

“The Roommate” at Citadel makes us wonder “Who am I?”

Review by Kelly MacBlane; photo by North Shore Camera Club There are moments in our life when our identity is shaken. For […]

February 18, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Art” is all about the relationships

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member. The first time I ever saw Yasmina Reza’s Art (translated by Christopher Hampton) […]

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