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Month: August 2019

August 29, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Trump in Space” is far too gentle to be effective.

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Tyler Core. I strongly dislike writing negative reviews. I know that […]

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019Chicago Reviews

Provocative Casa Valentina looks back at the little-known world of early 60s crossdressers

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by  Cody Jolly Photography. Harvey Fierstein’s playwrighting career was launched with his […]

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019Chicago Reviews

(Non)Fiction asks who owns our stories as it focuses on the relationship of a woman, her lover, and her book

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by  Sarah Heilbronner of Aviva Media Company. Jillian Leff’s (Non)Fiction, now playing […]

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019Chicago Reviews

Gary Griffin and Writers Theatre take us on a magical journey “Into the Woods”

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods has […]

August 20, 2019August 21, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Out of Love” is as brilliant and complex as the female friendships it embodies

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Emily Schwartz. Elinor Cook’s impressive, poignant Out of Love belongs to […]

August 17, 2019August 19, 2019USAOnStage

USAOnstage NYC: Love, Noël: The Songs and Letters of Noël Coward presents the elegance of yesteryear

Review by Ed Rubin, member of American Theatre Critics Association, NYC’s Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle; photo by Carol Rosegg There […]

August 17, 2019August 17, 2019Chicago Reviews

Red Tape’s “All Quiet” is a brilliant, harrowing interpretation of Remarque’s famous novel

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Austin Oie. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria […]

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Women in 4G” is an uneven but interesting outer space thriller

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Joe Mazza/Brave Lux. When Babes With Blades’ Women in 4G begins, […]

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019Chicago Reviews

Shakespeare 2, Cicadas 1 in Oak Park

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Jhenai Mootz. It’s Shakespeare versus an army of cicadas at Oak […]

August 8, 2019August 8, 2019USAOnStage

USAOnStage NYC: The Rolling Stone takes on the deadly plight of gays in Uganda

Review by Ed Rubin, member of American Theatre Critics Association, NYC’s Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle; photo by Jeremy Daniel.  While […]

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