Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Scott Dray. A long time ago, so long it seems as if it were another lifetime, I was the coach of my high school’s forensics team. (Forensics, sometimes called speech team, is an extracurricular program in which young actors and speakers are able to […]
Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Katie Reynolds. On the way home from seeing Come From Away at the Cadillac Palace Theatre on Wednesday night, my husband, knowing we were seeing an unknown play at a tiny northside venue the next day, asked (half-joking), “So what are our chances of […]
Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Matthew Murphy. Every American knows what happened on September 11, 2001, but until the musical Come From Away premiered on Broadway in 2017, few knew one of the most incredible and uplifting stories connected with that devastating day. The musical, written by Canadians Irene […]