The Yellow Brick Road to the USA: Teatro Vista’s brilliant new musical shows the sacrifices many immigrants must make to fulfill their dreams
Somewhere Over the Border, a new musical by Brian Quijada, now being […]
Author: Karen Topham
A reunion to remember: The Artistic Home’s “The Pavilion”
How often do you think back to the people you knew—and more […]
Amazing “Alice” at Lookingglass
I’m not sure how it was even possible that I had never […]
New translation of Chekhov’s Seagull proves a perfect match for Steppenwolf’s new Ensemble Theatre
When you say that you are doing a version of Chekhov’s The […]
Death be not proud: Raven Theatre’s The Luckiest confronts the end in the most positive way possible
Sometimes things just seem aligned by fate. That was the case for […]
On the Greenbelt is a powerfully-acted look at the secrets and lies that can break a family apart
Strawdog Theatre’s new play opens with one actress standing in a focus […]
Annabel Armour’s soul-searching, searingly introspective performance takes us into The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion’s exploration of grief
Yesterday was unusual for me. I have had some historical difficulty receiving […]
Rasheeda Speaking explores racism and microaggressions in the workplace so we can see ourselves.
As an unabashedly liberal theatre critic—read someone else if you don’t like […]
CST tackles a “problem play,” and all’s not quite well that ends well
At least six of William Shakespeare’s plays are considered by scholars and […]
Spring Awakening is powerful, emotional, and entertaining…and it will make you angry as you cry
Sometimes you know a show is working because it pisses you off […]