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Review: At Steppenwolf Theatre, The Thanksgiving Play Fails at Satire, Succeeds at Silliness

The American theater business and society in general offer plenty of opportunity for criticism of “wokeness” and efforts to satisfy all sides—both in the arts, in other nonprofits and in […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 11, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: It’s a Wonderful Knife, a Holiday Horror Parody of the Classic, Is No Capra Classic

    I’ll fully admit that when I sat down to watch the new horror offering from director Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls; the screen story for Five Nights at Freddy’s), I hadn’t […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 10, 2023
    • Stages , Theater

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

    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 […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 11, 2020
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Magical Wolf Play at Gift Theatre Will Make You Think and Break Your Heart

    It sounds like a sad story. A couple adopts a child from another country, then decides “it’s not a good fit” and decides to un-adopt him. But if I tell […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 24, 2019
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Four Troubled Souls Try for Connection in Red Orchid’s Fulfillment Center

    What does fulfillment mean? The playbill for A Red Orchid Theatre’s Fulfillment Center gives us more than a clue. Artistic director Kirsten Fitzgerald’s note lists definitions and describes what fulfillment means […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 16, 2019
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