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October 28, 2019October 28, 2019Chicago Reviews

“N” bites off a bit more than it can chew

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Marcus Davis. Here I sit, a white liberal theatre critic, […]

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019Chicago Reviews

Proxy shows great potential but it needs much more work

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Michael Brosilow. Proxy, the latest premiere musical from Underscore Theatre, […]

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October 17, 2019October 17, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Sherlock’s Last Case” makes the case that maybe it ought to be

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Every once in awhile, you see a play you really want to […]

October 15, 2019October 23, 2020Chicago Reviews

“A Man of No Importance” is just not its authors’ best work

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Heather Mall. Dublin. 1964. A deeply closeted gay man, Alfie, […]

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019Chicago Reviews

Too much talking and not enough action hurt CityLit’s “Hound of the Baskervilles”

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Steve Graue. One of the problems with adapting any of […]

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Whose Body” is true to its Dorothy L. Sayers origin, for better or for worse

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Jill Evans La Penna. In Dorothy L. Sayers’ 1923 novel Whose […]

July 13, 2019July 13, 2019Chicago Reviews

Creepy “Macbeth” doesn’t always work as well as the actors deserve

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member. Let me get this out of the way at the start: as a […]

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May 17, 2019May 17, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Wolves,” with strong acting, takes on irrational fear in an underdeveloped narrative

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Exit 63. FDR said that “the only thing we have to […]

The cast of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. Brett Beiner Photo
May 3, 2019May 3, 2019Chicago Reviews

Drury Lane’s Matilda is uneven despite a great cast

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Brett Beiner. Life can be very scary when you are a […]

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019Chicago Reviews

“I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard” tries for real emotion but settles for bluster

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by WHO IS SHE. The idea of the child becoming the parent […]

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