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December 3, 2019December 3, 2019Chicago Reviews

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley take us below stairs for another joyful visit to the world of Jane Austen

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Liz Lauren. Slipping back into the world of Jane Austen […]

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019Chicago Reviews

Court's Oedipus Rex is anchored by a brilliant performance by Kevin Roston, Jr.

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. It’s likely that pretty much everyone going to […]

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Always…Patsy Cline” showcases the singer’s songbook in a beautiful and personal musical

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. The first thing you notice upon walking into […]

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019Chicago Reviews

Drury Lane’s “Mary Poppins” is a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious good time

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Brett Beiner. For countless Americans, including me, Walt Disney’s Mary […]

November 20, 2019November 21, 2019Chicago Reviews

The Steadfast Tin Soldier at Lookingglass–An Enchanting Holiday Play Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen Before

Review by Joe De Rosa; photo by Liz Lauren. “Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so […]

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019Chicago Reviews

The music is the thing in Steppenwolf’s Lindiwe

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. Ever since they burst onto the US music […]

November 19, 2019November 20, 2019Chicago Reviews

Sexually open Queen of Sock Pairing is about one woman’s desire for control in her life

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Austin D. Oie. Considering that, at one point near the […]

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November 11, 2019November 11, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Packing” takes us through the last 50 years of gay history in a devastating one-man show

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Cody Jolly Photography. From the opening image of amber waves […]

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November 11, 2019November 11, 2019Chicago Reviews

Welcome to the Kingdom of Other for BET’s joyful adaptation of Cinderella.

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Alan Davis. Jackie Taylor’s The Other Cinderella, an inventively reimagined […]

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November 9, 2019November 9, 2019Chicago Reviews

What’s This? The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween Tradition Not to Miss

Review by Joe De Rosa Boys and girls of every age/ Wouldn’t you like to see something strange?/ Come with us and […]

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