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Month: August 2021

August 24, 2021August 27, 2021Chicago Reviews

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 […]

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021Meta

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 […]

August 21, 2021August 22, 2021Chicago Reviews

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 […]

August 15, 2021August 17, 2021Articles

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 […]

August 4, 2021August 4, 2021Chicago Reviews

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 […]

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