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Cleveland Play HouseThe Woman in BlackSusan HillPhoto by Roger Mastroianni
November 25, 2018November 25, 2018Chicago Reviews

“The Woman in Black” is a scary, entertaining ghost story

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Roger Mastroianni. Arthur Kipps, the central character of Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation […]

May 11, 2018Chicago Reviews

Brilliant Performances Drive “Suddenly Last Summer”

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Michael Brosilow. What is truth? That seems to be a question […]

May 8, 2018May 8, 2018Chicago Reviews

Interrobang Puts “Grace” Under Pressure

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Evan Hanover. The first image we see in Interrobang Theatre’s final […]

January 9, 2018January 10, 2018Chicago Reviews

“For The Loyal” a Brilliantly Complex Moral Conundrum

Interrobang Theatre Project’s 8th season’s theme, “What is Truth?” may never have such a literal presentation as it does in the company’s […]

November 12, 2017November 13, 2017Chicago Reviews

Theatre Y’s Yerma is an Expressionistic Powerhouse

This review has been updated to include a paragraph about lighting and music. Entering the new Theatre Y and Red Tape Theatre […]

alias grace
October 27, 2017October 27, 2017Chicago Reviews

Rivendell’s “Alias Grace” a Powerful Psychological Study

Alias Grace, a 1996 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood is a deep and unnerving psychological study of a real-life convicted murderer, […]

October 23, 2017October 1, 2018Chicago Reviews

Review: Interrobang Explores the Nature of Truth in Gripping “Foxfinder”

Interrobang Theatre’s Chicago premiere production of Dawn King’s Foxfinder has a timely feeling to it. The opening play of the company’s eighth […]

October 4, 2017October 25, 2017Chicago Reviews

Review: Intense “View” at the Goodman

From the Brooklyn Bridge, the view includes the workers on the dock unloading the ships at the piers: to most of us, […]

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