Great performances can’t overcome a flawed structure in PrideArts’ Things I Could Never Tell Stephen
By Karen Topham; photo by Marisa KM You’d think a show about […]
Month: August 2021
After (?) the pandemic
Chicago theatre has opened again after nearly a year and a half […]
Exuberant, impressive Mamma Mia! opens the year for Music Theater Works
By Karen Topham The first thing you notice upon entering the theatre […]
Music Theater Works’ Mamma Mia! is ready to bring us back to the theatre.
By Karen Topham When Mamma Mia! debuted on Broadway in 2001, COVID […]
Goodman’s “School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play” reopens Chicago theatre with laughter and timely subtext
By Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association Not only is live theatre […]