by Mary Wisniewski | July 24, 2026American Players Theatre’s Wondrous “As You Like It,” Staged in the Woods In Shakespeare's comedy, the characters go to the forest and become more fully human. The same thing happens when you see theater in the woods at Spring Green, Wisconsin.
by Mary Wisniewski | July 20, 2026“The Matchmaker” Is the Play That Became “Hello, Dolly!” On stage at American Players Theatre, Wisconsin native Thornton Wilder's play is an old-fashioned but well-made farce that was later adapted into the 1964 Broadway hit.
by Mary Wisniewski | July 13, 2026In a Room Full of Empty Chairs, a Couple Grapples With Nothingness The Eugène Ionesco play, on stage at American Players Theatre, is philosophically bleak, but with a comedic vaudeville feeling.
by Mary Wisniewski | August 21, 2025Grace Against Tyranny: A Review of “The Winter’s Tale” at American Players Theatre
by Mary Wisniewski | July 25, 2025The Ghost in the Barbershop: Gavin Dillon Lawrence on “The Death of Chuck Brown” at American Players Theatre
by Mary Wisniewski | July 11, 2025The Machinery of Mischief: A Review of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at American Players Theatre
by Mary Wisniewski | May 22, 2025The Packer Fans of Theater: How American Players Has Kept Shakespeare—and More—Thriving in a Tiny Wisconsin Town
by Mary Wisniewski | November 1, 2024The Cost of Justice: A Review of “Nat Turner in Jerusalem” at American Players Theatre
by Mary Wisniewski | August 21, 2024Villains By Necessity: A Review of “King Lear” at American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin
by Ted C. Fishman | September 6, 2022Dream of a Better World: A Review of A Raisin in the Sun at American Players Theatre
by Ted C. Fishman | September 2, 2022Rhythm and the Rain: A Review of Love’s Labour’s Lost at American Players Theatre
by Ted C. Fishman | September 1, 2022A Brazilian Folktale: A Review of The River Bride at American Players Theatre
by Ted C. Fishman | August 31, 2022Fools With Heart: A Review of The Rivals at American Players Theatre
