By Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association; photo by CST. Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s upcoming musical It Came From Outer Space does not premiere until 2022, but that doesn’t mean that Barbara Gaines and company have to sit back and wait until then. Nope. This week, CST reveals a clever, inventive 45-minute “digital prologue” to the […]
By Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association; photo by Cody Nieset Are you missing the singular experience of attending a play performed live in front of you with everyone involved completely aware that there are no do-overs, no rewinds, no net? Well, the Goodman Theatre has not yet reopened to live audiences, but it does […]
By Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association The best science fiction is really about us all, who we are today, what we might become. Such is the case with Lauren Ferebee’s Goods, now premiering online in an Artemisia Theatre production. This powerful two-hander brings us into the cockpit of a space junk hauler as its […]
By Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association Playwright Anna Ziegler isn’t easy to pin down. Her topics range from a famously debunked transgender study (Boy) to the uncredited scientific contributions of the woman who discovered the double-helix model of DNA (Photograph 51). But at the core of her work is her sharp dialogue that explores […]