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Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois is staging 'The Royale', Marco Ramirez's drama about the first Black heavyweight boxing champion. The Chicago Reader praises the production enthusiastically, calling it a TKO — a knockout in boxing terms — suggesting powerful performances and staging. The play continues to draw attention from Chicago theatre audiences as reviews circulate.
- 2'The Royale' at Writers Theatre delivers a knockout punch▼‘The Royale’ at Writers Theatre delivers a knockout punch
Writers Theatre's production of 'The Royale' is drawing strong praise, with local coverage describing the show as delivering 'a knockout punch'. The play, by Marco Ramirez, tells the story of Jay 'The Sport' Jackson, a Black boxer fighting for a title in a segregated America. Reviewers have highlighted the production's power and craft.
- 3Writers Theatre earns praise for elegant 'The Royale' revival▼Review: Writers Theatre’s staging of ‘The Royale’ is an elegant, beautifully acted revival
Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois has staged a revival of Marco Ramirez's play 'The Royale', inspired by the life of Black boxer Jack Johnson. A Chicago Sun-Times review praises the production as elegant and beautifully acted, drawing attention to the theatre company's current season and the play's treatment of race and ambition in early twentieth-century America.