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Nightmares&Nightcaps
August 19, 2018August 23, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Nightmares and Nightcaps” is devilish fun

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Cole Simon. Let’s get one thing clear from the start: despite […]

July 29, 2018Chicago Reviews

Promethean Theatre’s “Bliss (or Emily Post Is Dead)” is funny and full of fate

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Tom McGrath What is the nature of Fate? Is it something […]

LTC 20K 7947 Micah Figueroa, Ensemble Member Kareem Bandealy, Edwin Lee Gibson, Glenn Dale Obrero. Photo by Liz Lauren
June 3, 2018June 4, 2018Chicago Reviews

Lookingglass’s “20,000 Leagues” is a Visually Arresting Show

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Liz Lauren. Lookingglass Theatre has become renowned over the years for […]

April 7, 2018April 7, 2018Chicago Reviews

Funny, Poignant “Red Bowl at the Jeffs” Deserves Your Nomination

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Montana Bruns What is the nature and meaning of friendship? How […]

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March 12, 2018March 13, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Dorian Gray” Ages Prematurely

Review by Karen Topham; photos by Steve Graue City Lit’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of those shows that ought to […]

Hatfield&McCoy 007 The House photo by Michael Brosilow
January 29, 2018January 30, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Hatfield & McCoy”: a Powerful “Romeo and Juliet” in the Appalachians

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member All photos by Michael Brosilow What American is unfamiliar with the long-lasting Capulet and […]

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January 17, 2018January 17, 2018Chicago Reviews

Bronies’ World Turned Upside Down in Overly Complex “Antelope Party”

All I knew when I walked into The Antelope Party, now playing at Theatre Wit, was that someone (Eric John Meyer) had written […]

December 3, 2017January 16, 2018Chicago Reviews

Rock and Roll “Sir Gawain” Doesn’t Pass the Test

At the start of Pearl Poet Productions’ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, now playing at the Raven Theatre Complex, Sir Gawain (played […]

Citadel Scrooge
November 18, 2017November 18, 2017Chicago Reviews

Citadel’s “Ghostly Spirits”: An Enjoyable Musical “Christmas Carol”

In a theatrical world overflowing every year with what seem like hundreds of varying takes on Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, perhaps […]

November 11, 2017November 22, 2017Chicago Reviews

An Exuberant, Magical “Nutcracker” from The House Theatre

I had no idea what I was getting into when I went to see The House Theatre’s non-dancing version of The Nutcracker: the […]

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