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March 3, 2023March 3, 2023Chicago Reviews

Touring production of non-traditional 1776 is the show at its most powerful and poignant

Photo by Joan Marcus Following in the huge footprints of Hamilton, the prototype of atypically-cast Founding Father stories, last year’s revival of […]

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022Chicago Reviews

“Marys Seacole” is a complex play about a 19th Century healer…and all other female healers ever

Jackie Sibblies Drury’s expressionistic biographical play Marys Seacole is the Pulitzer Prize winner’s deep dive into the role of the female healer […]

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022Chicago Reviews

“Six” tells the tales of Henry VIII’s wives in a pop-inspired, jubilant and joyful romp

I spent four decades as an English teacher. Each year, before the Shakespeare unit, I spent a day telling the story of […]

April 10, 2022April 11, 2022Chicago Reviews, USAOnStage

Milwaukee Rep does itself proud with a majestic and powerful production of Titanic the Musical

Since sinking on its maiden voyage 110 years ago this week, the RMS Titanic has been the subject of numerous books, films, […]

November 8, 2021October 16, 2026Chicago Reviews

Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski is Unforgettable

 It begins with a question. “We see what goes on in the world, don’t we?” And in the lines that follow–the opening […]

TimeLine Oslo 1007 byBrettBeinerPhotography
September 26, 2019September 26, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Oslo” is a provocative political thriller that asserts everyone’s fundamental worth

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Brett Beiner. In our ever more divisive political atmosphere, at […]

CST KingsSpeech 04 LizLauren
September 21, 2019September 21, 2019Chicago Reviews

“The King’s Speech” channels “Pygmalion” as a strong transformation story

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Liz Lauren. By this time, we are more than used […]

Brown, Leaming, L'Herault, McElroy, Spencer. Photo by Michael Brosilow.
September 13, 2019September 13, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Five Presidents” imagines a prolonged conversation among five men who have been Presidents in a funny dramedy

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. On April 27, 1994, five living US Presidents (Gerald […]

January 28, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Photograph 51” explores the race to understand DNA

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler, now playing at the […]

Mother Of The Maid # 4 Glenn Close, Dermot Crowley Photo Joan Marcus
December 3, 2018December 3, 2018USAOnStage

USAOnstage NYC: Glenn Close in Mother of the Maid

by Edward Rubin People on trial, especially women that end up being executed, make good theatre and film as well as subjects […]

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