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 | April 10, 2026Goodman Stages a Magnificent Production of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” by August Wilson In Wilson's 1982 play, the playwright imagined a recording session for prolific early-blues recording artist Gertrude “Ma” Rainey and her band in Chicago in 1927.
by Mary Wisniewski | July 25, 2025The Ghost in the Barbershop: Gavin Dillon Lawrence on “The Death of Chuck Brown” at American Players Theatre
by Ben Kaye | November 25, 2019Beauty in Broken Things: A Review of The First Deep Breath at Victory Gardens Theater
by Persephone Jones | February 22, 2019For the Record: A Review of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at Writers Theatre
