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Pop culture writer, theater critic, publisher @thirdcoastrvw. Author of Chicago Girl essays. Mizzou grad, Springsteen fan, proud liberal. Always curious.
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Review: Gwydion Theatre’s Dry Powder Tells a Satirical Story of How a Private Equity Firm Gobbles Up a US Company

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By Nancy Bishop Verified
| Third Coast Review
Smart dialogue delivered at a brisk clip makes Dry Powder fit right into its Manhattan business office setting. The four-character play, now being staged by Gwydion Theatre, is the story of a private equity firm intent on buying a small west coast manufacturer. The 2016 satire by Sarah Burgess is directed by Ellie Thomson. The script tells what might be considered a complex story, but the dialogue is well written and the play offers humor as well as drama.
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Review: Black Button Eyes’ St. Nicholas Succeeds With Kevin Webb’s Portrayal of Theater Critic and Vampire Pimp

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By Nancy Bishop Verified
| Third Coast Review
Black Button Eyes’ new solo show, St. Nicholas, gives us a look at the life of a jaded theater critic, who may also become a vampire. (I’m sure there are plenty of theater people who would applaud this analogy, present writer excluded, of course.) Kevin Webb is a Chicago theater veteran who dependably captures the magic of a stage production. Webb plays a man, a fine storyteller, who describes for us how he deserts job, family and Dublin to follow an ingenue and her theater company to London.
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Dialogs: Ann Patchett Talks About Whistler and Her Other Books—She Doesn’t Want to Write Books That Will Crush Your Soul

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By Nancy Bishop Verified
| Third Coast Review
A sold-out assemblage of Ann Patchett fans, most of them women, attended her book launch event Sunday at the Athenaeum Center. Patchett discussed her 10th novel, Whistler, with publishing executive Lisa Lucas. The event was part of the Chicago Humanities Festival spring series, in partnership with Women and Children First bookstore. Patchett writes intensely human stories about people you might know—or would like to know.
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