Tag: classic literature

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018Chicago Reviews

Writers Theatre’s “Twelfth Night” brings both silliness and pathos to the Bard’s greatest comedy

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. Watching William Brown assay the role of Feste in […]

November 11, 2018November 11, 2018Chicago Reviews

Manual Cinema’s “Frankenstein” at Court Theatre is a complex visual treat

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. If you are not familiar with Manual Cinema’s work, […]

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018Chicago Reviews

Invictus Theatre’s Love’s Labour’s Lost delivers on the linguistic beauty of Shakespeare

By Kelly MacBlane It was like a spoken song. That was how my ears heard the language of Shakespeare ebbing and flowing […]

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018Chicago Reviews

POE is an enjoyable ensemble piece

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Tyler Core. Like Frankenstein, there are several shows playing right now […]

October 21, 2018October 22, 2018Chicago Reviews

Remy Bumppo’s Frankenstein: a powerful performance in an oddly distancing play

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by. In this year, the 200th anniversary of the novel Frankenstein, Chicago […]

October 7, 2018October 7, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Madness of Edgar Allan Poe” is about Poe’s life as much as his works

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member. Played out in various rooms around the Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, […]

September 24, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Arms and the Man” stands up well in City Lit’s production

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Steve Graue. George Bernard Shaw is a name mentioned in the […]

September 17, 2018Chicago Reviews

Lifeline’s gender-switched “Frankenstein” is a brilliant, dark take on the original

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Suzanne Plunkett. In this, the 200th anniversary of the writing of […]

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Man of La Mancha”: Enchantment comes to Skokie

By Beverly Friend, Ph.D., Member American Theater Critics Assn; photos by Beth Laske-Miller. So powerful is the image of Don Quixote, the hero […]

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 […]