July 3, 2022July 3, 2022Chicago Reviews CST’s campy It Came From Outer Space takes us “out there” If you are looking for a perfectly silly and fun piece of summer entertainment, the theatrical equivalent of a great beach read, […]
March 14, 2022March 14, 2022Chicago Reviews Otherworld Theatre says “Yes, and” to Chicago’s new sci-fi improv team Walking into Otherworld Theatre on Clark Street is actually a bit like stepping into another world, one that celebrates all things nerdy. […]
March 2, 2022March 2, 2022Chicago Reviews Solaris is set in space, but its issues are very human Stop me if you’ve heard this before: a group of people on a space station in the far reaches of the galaxy […]
May 11, 2021May 11, 2021Chicago Reviews “Goods” takes us into space to see ourselves, our humanity, and our trash more clearly By Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association The best science fiction is really about us all, who we are today, what we […]
October 18, 2019October 18, 2019Chicago Reviews Sideshow Theatre’s “X” is a wonderfully complex space thriller Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Jonathan L. Green. There is so much going on in […]
August 15, 2019August 15, 2019Chicago Reviews “Women in 4G” is an uneven but interesting outer space thriller Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Joe Mazza/Brave Lux. When Babes With Blades’ Women in 4G begins, […]
October 29, 2017October 29, 2017Chicago Reviews Promethean Theatre’s “Marisol” Is an Uneven Production José Rivera’s 1993 apocalyptic absurdist comedy Marisol has always had at least one central flaw: for a comedy, it isn’t all that […]
