October 8, 2022October 8, 2022Chicago Reviews Tiger Style is hilarious (but perhaps overdone) satire One of my daughters was best friends with an Asian girl who was in the high school orchestra with her. They both […]
August 29, 2019Chicago Reviews “Trump in Space” is far too gentle to be effective. Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Tyler Core. I strongly dislike writing negative reviews. I know that […]
April 12, 2019April 12, 2019Chicago Reviews Theater Wit’s “Admissions” is a perfectly timed piece of scathing satire Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Charles Osgood. No, Jeremy Wechsler is not clairvoyant. The artistic director […]
February 26, 2019February 26, 2019Chicago Reviews Lifeline’s “The Man Who Was Thursday” is a very funny satire that is perfect for our times Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Suzanne Plunkett. I found a cartoon on Facebook this evening. In […]
September 10, 2018Chicago Reviews “Borealis” is funny, heady satire that doesn’t quite come together Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by The House Theatre. George S. Kaufman famously said that “satire is […]
