August 17, 2019August 17, 2019Chicago Reviews Red Tape’s “All Quiet” is a brilliant, harrowing interpretation of Remarque’s famous novel Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Austin Oie. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria […]
August 15, 2019August 15, 2019Chicago Reviews “Women in 4G” is an uneven but interesting outer space thriller Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Joe Mazza/Brave Lux. When Babes With Blades’ Women in 4G begins, […]
August 8, 2019August 8, 2019USAOnStage USAOnStage NYC: The Rolling Stone takes on the deadly plight of gays in Uganda Review by Ed Rubin, member of American Theatre Critics Association, NYC’s Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle; photo by Jeremy Daniel. While […]
August 2, 2019August 2, 2019Chicago Reviews Broken lives cross in the flawed but poignant “International Falls” Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Katie Reynolds. On the way home from seeing Come From Away […]
July 26, 2019July 26, 2019Chicago Reviews Strong design work and good acting aren’t enough to make “And Then There Were None” work as well as the novel it’s based on. Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Brett Beiner. At what point do we stop producing a “classic” […]
July 25, 2019July 26, 2019Chicago Reviews Navigators’ “Shelter” at Otherworld: If you broadcast a radio show and no one’s alive to hear it, does it still rock ‘n’ roll? Review by Kelly MacBlane What is survival worth to you? How hard would you fight, what would you do in order to […]
July 24, 2019July 24, 2019Chicago Reviews The twisty and unusual “Kiss” gets too wrapped up in its complexity Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Austin D. Oie. I am on record as saying that I […]
July 19, 2019July 19, 2019Chicago Reviews Darkness is just below the surface in the compelling “Strange Heart Beating” Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member Something mysterious and dark is brewing on the tiny stage of The Frontier, […]
July 16, 2019July 17, 2019Chicago Reviews The Gift’s “Wolf Play” is fun, clever and original, but ooh that ending! (No spoilers here.) Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Claire Demos. The Gift Theatre’s midwest premiere of Hansol Jung’s Wolf […]
July 13, 2019July 13, 2019Chicago Reviews Creepy “Macbeth” doesn’t always work as well as the actors deserve Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member. Let me get this out of the way at the start: as a […]
