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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 […]

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023Chicago Reviews

Promethean’s world premiere, “A Town Called Progress,” is interesting but needs work

I admit to being a fan of Promethean Theatre’s Cameron Feagin. Each time I see her in a play, no matter 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 […]

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021Chicago Reviews

Who knew that Eurydice could be such a perfect metaphor for our times?

In a Director’s Note, Kathy Scambiatterra refers to Sarah Ruhl’s Euridyce as “that reach back, that looking back one more time to […]

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Always…Patsy Cline” showcases the singer’s songbook in a beautiful and personal musical

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. The first thing you notice upon walking into […]

October 25, 2019October 31, 2019Chicago Reviews

First Floor Theater’s tender but painful melodrama “Sugar In Our Wounds” is a reminder of how far we have yet to go

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Gracie Meier. Partly a story about the experience of slaves […]

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019Chicago Reviews

Blue Stockings is a play about the past with lessons for the present

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Tom McGrath, TCMcG Photography. Sometimes a play is also a kind […]

May 31, 2019May 31, 2019Chicago Reviews

Den Theatre’s “Four Places” is an emotionally complex slice of life

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. It’s been five years since the Den Theatre, Wicker […]

September 18, 2018September 20, 2018Chicago Reviews

“You want to own a bookstore?”: An amazing evening of magic with Brett Schneider

By Joe DeRosa; photo by Eve Rydberg I was seven-years-old in April 1983, when I watched David Copperfield make the Statue of […]