After (?) the pandemic
Chicago theatre has opened again after nearly a year and a half with nothing but occasional online presentations, some of which I […]
Category: Meta
Sometimes we just have to talk about the blog itself. Sorry. Can’t be helped. We’ll try to be entertaining when we do. :-)
500 Days of Reviewing
So this week marks my 500th day and 300th show as a reviewer. (Well, I’m at 298 Chicago reviews as I write […]
200 shows in about 300 days!
Today’s review of Treefall marks the 200th review posted by chicagoonstage.com. I realized that yesterday and was momentarily amazed: a site that has only been […]
Expanding Coverage
Just a quick word to let everyone know that, as of today, ChicagoOnStage is expanding its coverage into Raleigh-Durham, an area with […]
Topham’s Top 10: Best Performances of 4th Qtr 2017
With the same caveats as my Top 10 Productions list—I’ve only had the site going for three months, so this list can […]
Topham’s Top 10: Best Plays of 4th Qtr 2017
It’s that time of year when critics create sometimes arbitrary “Top 10” lists, and (being a bit of a list nerd) I […]
4 AM
No, that is not the sequel to a Matchbox Twenty song. Went to a play tonight and wrote the review, yeah; I […]
Article: Some Thoughts on Reviewing
Bevery Friend shares her thoughts on what being a theatre critic is all about… It is far easier to review a bad […]
new site name
To those who don’t know: My site went live at 4:30 10/5/17. It was called inthefootlights.com, which is a massively cool name (so […]
Live in 5…4…3…2…1…
Obviously, I answered the Bard’s question in the affirmative. Yes, it is true! We are live and online! There are still some […]