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July 6, 2023July 6, 2023Chicago Reviews

A Distinct Society takes us back to Trump’s Muslim ban and explores its real impacts

Photo by Michael Brosilow The phrase “a distinct society” refers to the Canadian province of Quebec which, with its French culture and […]

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023Chicago Reviews

“Once” is at its very best at Writers Theatre

Photo by Michael Brosilow Once was the first show I ever saw on Broadway. I had not ever done the whole “go […]

March 13, 2022March 13, 2022Chicago Reviews

“Wife of a Salesman” imagines a classic American play from a female perspective

From the moment you walk into Writers Theatre and see Courtney O’Neill’s very feminine set (a sloping, curved clamshell with few rigid […]

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021Chicago Reviews

In The Last Match, life is a game of tennis

By Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association Playwright Anna Ziegler isn’t easy to pin down. Her topics range from a famously debunked […]

December 15, 2020December 16, 2020Chicago Reviews

Dickens’ words are the stars of Writers Theatre’s “One-Man A Christmas Carol”

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association; photo by Joe Mazza. Writers Theatre’s Michael Halberstam has been performing an […]

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020Chicago Reviews

Writers Theatre’s “Stick Fly” explores the secrets of an upper-middle-class Black family

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association, photo by Michael Brosilow. Lydia Diamond’s 2006 play Stick Fly is a […]

Greg Matthew Anderson, Cher Álvarez
October 11, 2019October 15, 2019Chicago Reviews

Writers Theatre’s streamlined “A Doll’s House” showcases a wonderful Nora

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. I have a mixed relationship with Nora Helmer, […]

Mahler, Borger, Thomas
August 22, 2019August 22, 2019Chicago Reviews

Gary Griffin and Writers Theatre take us on a magical journey “Into the Woods”

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods has […]

Keely Vasquez, Liam Oh
May 16, 2019May 16, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Next to Normal” at Writers is pretty much a perfect production

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. What do you get when you pair a Tony […]

February 14, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is a masterwork for both its author and its director

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Michael Brosilow. There is simply no better director alive for interpreting […]

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