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May 24, 2022May 24, 2022Chicago Reviews

The Chinese Lady examines a little-known piece of history as it presents a timely exploration of the “other” in America

Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady, about the life of Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to come to America, is a remarkable […]

February 20, 2020February 21, 2020Chicago Reviews

Powerful, painful, and often hilarious, “Kill Move Paradise” is an expressionistic window into the too-frequent killing of Black men by police

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association, photo by Lara Goetsch. Its playwright, James Ijames, describes Kill Move Paradise […]

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September 26, 2019September 26, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Oslo” is a provocative political thriller that asserts everyone’s fundamental worth

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Brett Beiner. In our ever more divisive political atmosphere, at […]

May 2, 2019May 3, 2019Chicago Reviews

The powerful Too Heavy For Your Pocket is about freedom, but it’s also about family

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Lara Goetsch. Jalen Gilbert stands before the audience at the beginning […]

January 17, 2019January 18, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Cardboard Piano” is the first great play of 2019

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Lara Goetsch. In the Humana Festival hit Cardboard Piano, now having […]

August 30, 2018August 31, 2018Chicago Reviews

“A Shayna Maidel” is a timely, powerful look at family and the Holocaust

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Lara Goetsch. In an era when Nazis and white supremacists have […]

January 19, 2018January 23, 2018Chicago Reviews

Timeline’s “Boy”: A Poignant and Important Love Story For Our Era

Timeline Theatre’s newest production, Anna Ziegler’s Boy, is a lot of things. It is an account, albeit highly fictionalized, of events that actually […]

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