"Verböten" captures the pain and confusion of being a teen with its energetic punk soundtrack
Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. It would be difficult to conceive of a […]
Month: January 2020
USAOnStage NYC—"My Name Is Lucy Barton": Lost in Translation
Review by Edward Rubin, member of American Theatre Critics Association, NYC’s Drama Desk, and the Outer Critics Circle; photo by Matthew Murphy […]
Chicago Shakespeare's Short Shakes "Comedy of Errors" gets everything right
Review by Joe DeRosa; photo by Liz Lauren When it comes to reviewing a Shakespeare comedy about the many ways that things […]
Nancy Pelosi is the "Adult in the Room" at Victory Gardens
Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. I keep logging in to various news sites […]
"Roe" knows it will be an emotional experience as it tries to present both sides of the abortion issue
Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Liz Lauren. There are many ways in which to review […]
Court's "The Mousetrap" playfully reinvents a classic
Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. There is a reason that The Mousetrap is […]
"The Tasters" asks what each of us is willing to do as our world veers off course
Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. The news recently (when it hasn’t been about […]
Traveling "Once on This Island" may not be the Broadway version, but it is still a lovely and emotional restaging
Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Joan Marcus. Having missed out on seeing the Tony Award-winning […]
1982's feminist play"Top Girls" proves (sadly) still relevant today
Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association; photo by Michael Courier. Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise in […]
"Sheepdog" shows that the issue of killer cops is not simply black and white
Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Lowell Thomas. We’re barely halfway through January, and I have […]