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October 7, 2018October 7, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Madness of Edgar Allan Poe” is about Poe’s life as much as his works

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member. Played out in various rooms around the Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, […]

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August 23, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Vietgone” revises the Vietnam War in a hilarious love story with rap music

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Michael Brosilow. Vietgone, appearing at Writers Theatre in Glencoe at the […]

August 18, 2018September 11, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Haymarket” uses folk music and creative staging to tell its story

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Michael Brosilow. Enter the theater for Underscore Theatre Company’s latest production, […]

Heartbreak Hotel
July 25, 2018Chicago Reviews

Flawed “Heartbreak Hotel” is still tremendous entertainment

Review by Joe DeRosa; photos by Brett Beiner There’s a way to love Heartbreak Hotel. Much like its iconic, complicated subject, this […]

Jason Gotay as Jack, Steve Raymond as Crutchie and the cast of Disney's NEWSIES. Photo by Curtis Brown Photography.
July 25, 2018Chicago Reviews, USAOnStage

It’s Inevitable: North Carolina Theatre’s “Newsies” is a Hit

By Lauren Van Hemert; photo by Curtis Brown Photography Note: With this review, ChicagoOnStage’s USAOnStage expands its coverage to the Raleigh-Durham area. […]

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July 22, 2018July 22, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Pamplona” is Stacy Keach’s love letter to Hemingway

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Liz Lauren Stacy Keach won an Emmy nomination and a Golden […]

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018Chicago Reviews

“The View Upstairs” Blends Fantasy and History in a Powerful Story

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Cody Jolly Photography. For the second time this season, a musical […]

June 11, 2018Chicago Reviews

AstonRep’s “The Laramie Project” Is Brilliant Theatre

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Emily Schwartz. I’m not altogether certain that, given good actors and […]

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018Chicago Reviews

Celebrate Pride Month with the Brilliant, Hilarious “Bull in a China Shop”

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Michael Brosilow. “Well-behaved women seldom make history.”  –Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel […]

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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 […]

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