The blind date actually took place on November 19, 1985, in Geneva. Nothing much happened diplomatically; the world order wasn’t…
Nancy S. Bishop
Nancy S. Bishop is publisher and chief theater critic for Third Coast Review, a Chicago-centric online arts magazine. She also reviews books, movies, music, art and design. Nancy is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association and a 2014 Fellow of the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. You can find her writing on pop culture at nancybishopsjournal.com. Follow her on Twitter @nsbishop. Author website: https://thirdcoastreview.com/
Charles Newell’s production of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” at Court Theatre is an emotionally wrenching tragedy. Secrets and lies…
Steppenwolf Theatre’s world premiere of The Minutes by Tracy Letts takes place during a small town city council meeting. It’s…
It’s a woman’s play, about an era when women’s physical and emotional needs and desires were not only misunderstood, but…
Trap Door Theatre is staging an expressionistic, phantasmagorical tale of eastern European drama. Their new production, “Occidental Express,” by Romanian-born…
Two writers for the website Third Coast Review—Nancy Bishop and Karin McKie—went to see Erik Jensen’s one-man performance of the…
“Ah, Wilderness!”, Eugene O’Neill’s only comedy, is a charming, light-hearted play with an element foreign to most O’Neill scripts: a…
Be prepared for your visit to The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, the new exhibit of work by artist Takashi…
“Not About Nightingales,” an early Tennessee Williams script, is a Depression-era tragedy with many elements that foretell Williams’ genius as…
“Linda Vista,” in its world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre, is a smart and thoroughly entertaining production—a very adult comedy—funny, sexy…