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November 5, 2019November 5, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Lucy Darling” is a joyful blend of magic, comedy and cocktails

Review by Karen Topham The woman on stage looks like a Hollywood socialite right out of a 40s movie: expensive looking dress […]

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019Chicago Reviews

“I Am Going to Die Alone” is more than a holocaust play

I Am Going To Die Alone and I Am Not Afraid at Prop Thtr is a Holocaust play, but saying that is […]

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019Chicago Reviews

Strawdog’s emotional play asks if we can ever be certain of “The Effect” of the drugs we take

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Jesus J. Montero. Emotions are complicated things. We all experience […]

October 26, 2019October 26, 2019Chicago Reviews

JPAC’s “In the Heights” is a joyous and exuberant experience.

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Dylan Cruz Photography. In the Heights, the first musical from […]

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 […]

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October 21, 2019October 21, 2019Chicago Reviews

Complex, Intense, and Timeless–The Joffrey Ballet’s Jane Eyre is Extraordinary

Review by Joe DeRosa; photo by Cheryl Mann For two extraordinary hours on Wednesday evening, the Joffrey Ballet’s Chicago Premiere of Cathy […]

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019Chicago Reviews

A visit home reveals both internal and external dysfunction in the poignant and funny “Kentucky”

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Claire Demos. Leah Nanako Winkler’s Kentucky, now playing at Theater […]

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October 20, 2019October 20, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Grey House” adds a few turns of the screw to the cabin in the woods genre

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by FadeOut Foto. Stop me if you’ve heard this one or […]

October 20, 2019October 22, 2019Chicago Reviews

Exquisita Agonia explores the pain of loss

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Carlos García Servín. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross defined the “five stages of […]

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019Chicago Reviews

Sideshow Theatre’s “X” is a wonderfully complex space thriller

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Jonathan L. Green. There is so much going on in […]

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