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/
Chicago Shakespeare’s bewitching new production of “The Tempest” was adapted and directed by Aaron Posner and Teller (the silent…
Nineteen sculptures by Chicago-born sculptor Charles Ray fill three large galleries on the second floor of the Art Institute’s Modern…
Three couples, three bedrooms and a conference call. That’s the scenario. It’s two hours of pillow talk (and pillow shouting)…
Early in Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” Konstantin, the tortured artist playwright, laments the need for new expression in theater: “……
“Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash,” now extended through August at the Mercury Theatre on Southport, deserves to…
Faye Butler describes herself as an actor who sings, not a singer who acts. She’s a theater and musical star…
“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” is not a Chekhov parody, but Christopher Durang’s play set in an…
What distinguishes contemporary faith from the traditional? It’s often the ability to ask questions, to explore how meanings…
Lookingglass Theatre’s new production of “Moby Dick” gives a modern infusion of energy and fluidity to Herman Melville’s 19th…
American Theater Company’s brave new world premiere, “The Project(s),” is a lesson in Chicago history and an explanation of some…
Most people look at Lillian Hellman’s 1939 play, “The Little Foxes,” as a play about a dysfunctional family battling over…
Anton Chekhov’s 1900 play “Three Sisters” is considered one of his masterpieces and The Hypocrites do it justice in their…