Great characters, fun live music, and lots of laughs make Lucy And Charlie’s Honeymoon perfect for a summer evening
Photo by Matthew C Yee I admit it: when I first saw the title Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon, the first thing I […]
Author: Karen Topham
Blowing the whistle on the inconsistent The Whistleblower
Photo by Charles Osgood The title of The Band’s Visit playwright Itamar Moses’ latest play, The Whistleblower, evokes thoughts of selfless and […]
Porchlight celebrates foolish optimism with a (too) short run of Ernest Shackleton Loves Me.
Photo by Liz Lauren In the sparkling, quirky, funny, and oddly beautiful musical Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, now in its Chicago premiere […]
MotherFreakingHood! is a hilarious romp through 18 years of child-rearing
Photo by Liz Lauren It was Mother’s Day, and I could think of no better way to celebrate than to go to […]
Wil Wilhelm queers the Bard’s life and works and bites their thumb at conservatives in Gender Play, or what you Will
Photo by Michael Brosilow About 2/3 of the way through About Face Theatre’s production of Gender Play, or what you Will, the […]
Hatefuck is way more than a Bizarro World romcom
Photo by Michael Brosilow You don’t go to a play called Hatefuck expecting it to be subtle, and in the case of […]
Shattered Globe’s London Road is a compelling, original portrayal of what is left behind after murders intrude on your life
Photo by Michael Brosilow I just got home from a brilliant production of a truly original play that defies easy definition. It’s […]
School (of Rock) is enthusiastically in session at Paramount
Photo by Liz Lauren Sometimes there is an absolutely perfect match between a show and a director, and that is what has […]
A Damn good time at Marriott
Photo by Liz Lauren In the 1950s, when pretty much everyone expected the New York Yankees to win the pennant every year, […]
Big River: through the eyes of a young boy, we see the “damned human race” at its ugliest
Photo by Liz Lauren Big River, William Hauptman’s musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (with songs by Roger […]