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Month: September 2019

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019Chicago Reviews

Silly/fun, though uneven, Peter and the Starcatcher lands at Citadel

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by North Shore Camera Club. Many of us can remember watching […]

September 29, 2019September 29, 2019Chicago Reviews

AstonRep’s “Equus” exposes the raw sensuality of a confused mind

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Emily Schwartz. The first time I saw Peter Shaffer’s award-winning […]

September 28, 2019October 2, 2019Articles

Chicago-style magic is the name of the game at Chicago Magic Lounge

When Joey Cranford’s wife jokingly bought him a magic kit they had seen at Walgreens as a Christmas present, she had no […]

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019Chicago Reviews

The dystopian “Vanya on the Plains” misses opportunities

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Joe Mazza, Brave Lux Photography. By now, there are enough […]

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Oslo” is a provocative political thriller that asserts everyone’s fundamental worth

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Brett Beiner. In our ever more divisive political atmosphere, at […]

September 25, 2019September 30, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Bernhardt/Hamlet” is a very impressive if not completely consistent piece of theatre

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Liz Lauren. 19th Century French actress Sarah Bernhardt was a […]

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019USAOnStage

USAOnStage NYC: Seawall/A Life

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

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019Chicago Reviews

Mother of the Maid: The agony of parenting

Review by Beverly Friend, Ph.D., American Theater Critics Association member I have never wept so copiously – before or after any film […]

September 21, 2019September 21, 2019Chicago Reviews

“The King’s Speech” channels “Pygmalion” as a strong transformation story

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Liz Lauren. By this time, we are more than used […]

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019Chicago Reviews

Drury Lane’s “The Color Purple” celebrates the power of love and spirituality

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Brett Beiner Photography. Overall, Broadway musicals have been a historically white […]

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