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May 13, 2023May 17, 2023Chicago Reviews

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 […]

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022Chicago Reviews

Magnolia Ballet mixes many genres to tell its story of inescapable family legacies

Entering the Bookspan Theatre space at Den Theatre to see the world premiere of Magnolia Ballet, you are thrust into another world. […]

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022Chicago Reviews

The queer-themed Laced explores how humans work to overcome hatred

Walking into the Den Theatre to see a performance of Laced at first feels like walking into the friendliest neighborhood LGBT joint […]

January 18, 2020January 22, 2020Chicago Reviews

In "The Gulf," a pair of lesbian lovers are slowly drifting apart

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. You walk into the theatre and the first […]

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Packing” takes us through the last 50 years of gay history in a devastating one-man show

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Cody Jolly Photography. From the opening image of amber waves […]

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018Chicago Reviews

“This Bitter Earth” is easily one of the best plays of 2018

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Liz Lauren. We’re living in a highly charged political age, but […]

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018Chicago Reviews

Celebrate Pride Month with the Brilliant, Hilarious “Bull in a China Shop”

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Michael Brosilow. “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” –Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel […]