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 a young just-married man who is seeing his secret gay […]
Month: August 2021
After (?) the pandemic
Chicago theatre has opened again after nearly a year and a half with nothing but occasional online presentations, some of which I […]
Exuberant, impressive Mamma Mia! opens the year for Music Theater Works
By Karen Topham The first thing you notice upon entering the theatre is Kristen Martino’s elegant, lovely set, designed to evoke a […]
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 was not even a term on anyone’s mind. (SARS/CoV-1, the […]
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 finally back in Chicago with the reopening of the venerable […]