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Review: At The Wake Of A Dead Drag Queen Reflects on Family, Blackness, and Queer Identity

The audience is given a fan as the entry pass to Story Theatre’s At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen, written by Terry Guest. There is no doubt that […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • April 30, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: The Drowning Girls by Three Crows Theatre Tells a True Crime Story With Dramatic Style

    The three drowning girls are young women in their 20s and 30s, desperate to marry and avoid spinsterhood. The time is the early 20th century, and Bessie Mundy, Alice Burnham […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 15, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Raven Theatre Creates a Sizzling Production of the Sam Shepard Masterwork, A  Lie of the Mind

    A Lie of the Mind, Sam Shepard’s 1983 play about two families and the tragedy that binds them, is a sizzling 2.5 hours of solid acting, direction and pacing. At […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 25, 2025
    • Comedy , Review , Stages , Storefront

    Review: At Raven Theatre, The Comedians Tells a Love Story and More—Through Standup Acts

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • November 16, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Ironbound at Raven Theatre Paints a Portrait of an Immigrant Woman Fighting for Survival—Although Her New Country Doesn’t Care

    Darja is an all-American woman. She may be a Polish immigrant, escaping the wars and politics of her native land. But she has all the problems of her born-in-the-USA sisters.  She […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • October 4, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Three Crows’ The Danish Play Focuses on the Life of a Poet and Resistance Heroine in WW2 Denmark

    The Danish Play by Three Crows Theatre is a human and relevant story about the Danish Resistance during World War II. The anti-fascists in Denmark are a small but determined bunch […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 28, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: The Prodigal Daughter at Raven Theatre Portrays an Ambitious Young Women in 1919 Chicago

    The Prodigal Daughter, now on stage at Raven Theatre, is the third and final installment in the Grand Boulevard Trilogy by playwright Joshua Allen. The commissioned work is the third […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 24, 2024
    • Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: In Three Crows’ Beauty Queen of Leenane, McDonagh’s Dark Comedy Illuminates

    Before last year’s The Banshees of Inisherin… before Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri… before In Bruges… before all the Oscars noms and Tony nods Irish playwright Martin McDonagh has racked […]

  • Doug Mose
  • September 9, 2023
    • Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Lightning Strikes With The October Storm in Raven Theatre’s 40th Season Finale

    The October Storm is the second in the Grand Boulevard Trilogy by playwright Joshua Allen. It is rare that I see echoes of my life so beautifully written and acted. […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • May 19, 2023
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Griffin Theatre’s Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle Presents a Charming May-December Romance With a Headscratching Title

    Georgie and Alex aren’t exactly a matched pair. She’s American, a bit loud and aggressive; she swears a lot and doesn’t seem to be able to tell the truth about […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 7, 2023
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Right to Be Forgotten at Raven Theatre Tells a Compelling Human Story But Neglects the Backstory

    “. . .  in the real world, when a minor commits a crime, his record is sealed. When a businessman fails, he can claim bankruptcy and start over. But on the […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 16, 2023
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Noel Coward’s Wit Retains Its Flavor in Updated Private Lives at Raven Theatre

    Two newly wed couples arrive for their honeymoons at a swank resort hotel in France. Unbeknownst to both couples, the recently divorced mates (one of each) are among the honeymooning […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • October 5, 2022
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