DEFCON 2 at City Lit: The tension rises in “Thirteen Days”
By Karen Topham; photo courtesy of City Lit Sometimes, stunt casting falls […]
Post-Apocalyptic Entertainment Revolves Around The Simpsons in Theater Wit’s “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play”
By Karen Topham, photo by Charles Osgood Move over, cockroaches. If we […]
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 […]
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 […]
“I Hate It Here” pretty much sums up 2020
By Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association; original art by Mary Williamson […]
USAOnStage NYC: Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams
Review by Edward Rubin, member of American Theatre Critics Association, NYC’s Drama […]
After the wreck: Court Theatre revisits the Titanic via actual court testimony about the disaster
By Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association; photo by Michael Brosilow There […]