July 15, 2023July 15, 2023Chicago Reviews The 39 Steps is a farcical Hitchcock-lite noir Photo by Brett Beiner Never see a comedy at a Sunday matinee. For whatever reason, audiences are sleepier and far less animated […]
September 10, 2022September 13, 2022Chicago Reviews Larry Yando brings the pathos to an unusually humorous and emotional trip on the Orient Express Larry Yando as Hercule Poirot? Yes, please! It must have been a stroke of genius worthy of the detective himself that led […]
June 18, 2022June 18, 2022Chicago Reviews An absolutely perfect Steel Magnolias at Drury Lane I have some history with Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias. Besides loving the brilliantly cast 1989 movie (Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine, […]
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” […]
May 3, 2019May 3, 2019Chicago Reviews Drury Lane’s Matilda is uneven despite a great cast Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Brett Beiner. Life can be very scary when you are a […]
February 25, 2019February 25, 2019Chicago Reviews “Mamma Mia” is thoroughly entertaining if you are the right audience Review by Bradley Laas; photo by Brett Beiner I have often been told that I have not lived as a young gay […]
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 […]
July 21, 2018July 21, 2018Chicago Reviews Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Masterful Production of a Masterpiece By Joe DeRosa “Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by […]
