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‘The Realization of Emily Linder’ at Redtwist: Mom’s ready for death, but not without toes

May 19, 2016 – 11:13 am
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Review: Life, suggests Richard Strand’s play “The Realization of Emil Linder,” is like a stack of DVDs. What’s in it for you depends on how you look at it. That warm and fuzzy proposition, couched within dark comedy, makes for an amusing if fairly bizarre night out at Redtwist Theatre. ★★★

Theater 2015-16: Ever-changeable Hypocrites plan two intense musicals, three dark dramas

Aug 26, 2015 – 9:51 pm
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Fourth in a series of season previews: The Chicago theater company that now appears to be one thing, then slyly becomes completely different (and hence calls itself The Hypocrites), will serve up a typically careening season for 2015-16: two existential musicals framing three plays that peer deeply into the abyss of fate.

As Mary-Arrchie spins Williams’ ‘Menagerie,’ memory play is filtered through glass darkly

Jul 2, 2013 – 6:56 am
Hans Fleischmann directs Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie Mary-Arrchie Theatre at Theatre Wit credit Emily Schwartz

Review:;One of the delights of this 2013 Chicago summer is a gently revisionist production of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” by Marie-Arrchie Theatre, conceived and directed by Hans Fleischmann, who also plays the role of Tom. After selling out last fall at Angel Island and transferring to Theater Wit in May, the show has extended its run to July 28. ★★★★★