April 2, 2019April 3, 2019Chicago Reviews It’s a Small World after all, and New Colony’s latest shows how we treat each other in it Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Evan Hanover. Anyone who has ever been to Disney knows “It’s […]
February 12, 2019February 13, 2019Chicago Reviews Raven’s “How I Learned to Drive” captures the complexity of pedophilia Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. The word “pedophilia” is used once, and only once, […]
January 30, 2019January 30, 2019Chicago Reviews “Gentleman’s Guide” warms the Porchlight Theatre with dark, silly fun Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Courier. Take the revenge fantasy of Sweeney Todd and blend […]
September 14, 2018Chicago Reviews “Little Shop” brings its camp humor to the Drury Lane Theatre Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Brett Beiner. Little Shop of Horrors, based on the 1960 B-movie […]
August 19, 2018August 23, 2018Chicago Reviews “Nightmares and Nightcaps” is devilish fun Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Cole Simon. Let’s get one thing clear from the start: despite […]
March 18, 2018March 19, 2018Chicago Reviews The Gift’s “Hang Man” Is Too Hung Up on Drama to See Its Own Absurdity Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Claire Demos If I told you that The Gift Theatre’s Hang Man […]
October 29, 2017October 29, 2017Chicago Reviews Promethean Theatre’s “Marisol” Is an Uneven Production José Rivera’s 1993 apocalyptic absurdist comedy Marisol has always had at least one central flaw: for a comedy, it isn’t all that […]
October 5, 2017October 25, 2017Chicago Reviews Review: Becky Shaw and the Truth of Lies There is a first time for everything, and this was my first time seeing a show at Windy City Playhouse. I must […]
