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Nancy S Bishop

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Stages, Theater

Review: Haven Theatre Stages a Horror Movie Called Titus Andronicus

At first I was puzzled by the audience reaction to Haven Theatre’s opening night performance of Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s goriest play (and possibly his worst). Over and over, there was […]

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Stages, Theater

Review: Raven Theatre’s A Doll’s House Ends With That Satisfying Slammed Door

It’s the most famous slammed door in theater history. And it’s the most satisfying slammed door for a feminist. It’s 1879 and that exit signifies Nora Helmer’s departure from husband, […]

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Stages, Theater

Review: Lipstick Lobotomy at Trap Door Theatre Plays With Women’s Minds

Trap Door Theatre’s latest production is the enchantingly titled Lipstick Lobotomy by playwright Krista Knight, directed by Kate Hendrickson. It’s a half-true, half-imagined story of friendship between John F. Kennedy’s […]

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Poetry, Stages, Theater

Review: Windy City Playhouse’s The Boys in the Band Has Aged Well and Warmly

The Boys in the Band was revolutionary when it was first performed off Broadway in April 1968, in its portrayal of the lives and loves of gay men. The producers […]

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Stages, Theater

Review: Absurd or Gross? Silliness Rules in Do You Feel Anger? at A Red Orchid Theatre

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In the last few months, I’ve seen a lot of plays about racism, sexual identity, immigration, crime, anger and angst. So it was a nice change of pace to see […]

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Stages, Theater

Review: At 16th Street Theater, Alabaster Lights a Road to Recovery for Two Women Scarred by Life

Alabaster is a city in northern Alabama (a suburb of Birmingham actually). It’s also a soft stone, a form of gypsum, that’s translucent, easily carved and often used for decorative […]

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Stages, Theater

Review: At Steppenwolf Theatre, Tracy Letts’ Bug Exploits Our Skin-Crawling Anxieties

Bug starts out like a Sam Shepard play. Two lost souls in a seedy Oklahoma motel room. Fools for love. Agnes (Carrie Coon) is a waitress who’s dreading her ex-husband’s […]

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Stages, Theater

Review: Broken Nose Theatre’s Labyrinth Choreographs a Latin American Debt Crisis

If I told you I saw a play about the Latin American debt crisis and it was fabulously entertaining, would you think I was crazy? Well I did and you […]

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Stages, Theater

Review: How to Defend Yourself at Victory Gardens Falls Short in Addressing an Important Topic

How to Defend Yourself by Liliana Padilla takes an important topic—how women can defend themselves in a rape culture—and treats it with some sincerity about woman using their bodies to […]

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Preview, Stages, Theater

Review: The Leopard Play at Steep Theatre Tells a Brutally Loving Family Story

Honest. Crude. Raw. Those are some of the words that came to me as I walked away from Steep Theatre after experiencing The Leopard Play or sad songs for lost […]

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Playtime Radio: Led Zeppelin 2, Art Travel and Vegan Radio

Here’s this week’s podcast for Playtime with Bill Turck and Kerri Kendall, our radio arts partner. Third Coast Review news and reviews are highlighted and our writers sometimes appear on the […]

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Comedy, Stages, Theater, Today

Preview: True Blue Revue to Launch Indivisible Chicago’s 2020 Campaign February 3 at the Athenaeum

Indivisible Chicago will stage True Blue Revue, the group’s 2020 campaign kickoff and free live show, Monday, February 3, at the Athenaeum Theatre’s mainstage, 2936 N. Southport Ave. Doors open […]

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