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Month: August 2019

August 3, 2019August 3, 2019Chicago Reviews

Funny “Beyond Therapy” shows its age

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Scott Dray. A long time ago, so long it seems as […]

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019Chicago Reviews

Broken lives cross in the flawed but poignant “International Falls”

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Katie Reynolds. On the way home from seeing Come From Away […]

August 1, 2019August 9, 2019Chicago Reviews

The touring “Come From Away” is every bit as funny, emotional, and inspiring as Broadway’s version

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Matthew Murphy. Every American knows what happened on September 11, 2001, […]

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  • Here comes a lion (king)…and it’s just as incredible as you might remember
  • Goodman’s 45th “A Christmas Carol” continues to sparkle with the light of the season
  • It’s a blue Christmas as Second City gets horny for the holidays
  • Jackalope’s “Among the Dead” is wonderfully complex and darkly funny
  • Enjoy holiday nostalgia with an exuberant “A Christmas Story: the Musical” at Marriott Theatre
  • “Malapert Love” is the funniest show of the year.
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