Tag: yellowlight

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019Chicago Reviews

Act(s) Of God tries to do too much

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Liz Lauren. Sometimes a play just bites off more than it […]

February 18, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Art” is all about the relationships

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member. The first time I ever saw Yasmina Reza’s Art (translated by Christopher Hampton) […]

February 15, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Dead Man’s Cell Phone” loses some of its absurd humor

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Paul Goyette. “Please turn off your cell phones now.” Every theatrical […]

December 14, 2018Chicago Reviews

Trap Door’s “The Old Woman Broods” is a great example of avant-garde theatre

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Chris Popio. There is a reason I have a yellow light […]

December 11, 2018USAOnStage

USAOnStage FL: “The Wiz” cast deserves a better musical

By Beverly Friend, PhD, American Theater Critics Association The Stage Door actors could make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, […]

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018USAOnStage

USAOnstage NYC: Glenn Close in Mother of the Maid

by Edward Rubin People on trial, especially women that end up being executed, make good theatre and film as well as subjects […]

November 14, 2018November 14, 2018USAOnStage

USAOnStage NYC: ‘King Kong’ serves up a visual feast but lacks substance

By Lauren Van Hemert, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Matthew Murphy The morning after I saw King Kong, someone asked […]

November 10, 2018November 10, 2018Chicago Reviews

110 in the Shade doesn’t quite have the heat it needs

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Liz Lauren. 110 in the Shade opens with a group of […]

November 8, 2018November 9, 2018Chicago Reviews

“Lady in Denmark” doesn’t sing enough

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Liz Lauren. On January 11, 1954, Billie Holliday went to Copenhagen […]

October 21, 2018October 22, 2018Chicago Reviews

Remy Bumppo’s Frankenstein: a powerful performance in an oddly distancing play

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by. In this year, the 200th anniversary of the novel Frankenstein, Chicago […]