July 9, 2018Chicago Reviews Support Group For Men is a hilarious look at masculinity today Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member. Ellen Fairey’s new play, the bluntly named Support Group For Men, which is […]
June 6, 2018June 6, 2018Chicago Reviews “Father Comes Home”: A Funny, Provocative, Powerful Examination of Freedom Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Liz Lauren. At the start of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ […]
May 23, 2018Chicago Reviews “Having Our Say” Is an Evening with Two Remarkable Women Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Liz Lauren. My mother always said that there is a lot […]
April 1, 2018April 1, 2018Articles, Musings “An Enemy of the People” and “Smart People”: Free Speech Gone Awry Watching Writers Theatre’s Smart People and the Goodman’s An Enemy of the People back to back this weekend, I was struck by how much […]
April 1, 2018April 1, 2018Chicago Reviews Goodman’s “An Enemy of the People” is a Timely Adaptation of a Classic Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Michael Brosilow Henrik Ibsen wrote his 1882 play An Enemy of […]
February 8, 2018Chicago Reviews “Blind Date” Is an Entertaining History Lesson Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member Photos by Liz Lauren Some plays just seek to delight or captivate their […]
