Criticism

Brown, Janet. "Wine in the Wilderness." In her Feminist Drama: Definition & Critical Analysis, pp. 56-70. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1979.

Feminist analysis of Childress's Wine in the Wilderness in which the critic analyzes associational clusters and pattern of symbolic action.

Clurman, Harold. Review of Wedding Band, by Alice Childress. The Nation 215, No. 5 (13 November 1972): 475-76.

Generally positive review of Public/Newman Theatre's staging of Wedding Band.

Karlin, Barbara. "To Grow On." The Los Angeles Times (25 July 1982): 9.

Brief, positive review of A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich.

Kaufmann, Stanley. Review of Wedding Band, by Alice Childress. The New Republic 167 (25 November 1972): 22, 36.

Generally negative review of the Newman Theatre's staging of Wedding Band. Kaufman attacks both the script and the direction of Childress and producer Joseph Papp.

Oliver, Edith. Review of Moms, by Alice Childress. The New Yorker LXIII, No. 1 (23 February 1987): 105.

Positive review of the Hudson Guild's staging of Moms.

Rogers, Norma. "To Destroy Life." Freedomways 14, No. 1 (First Quarter, 1974): 72-5.

Review that provides a plot summary of A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich.

Simon, John. "No Thanks for the Memory." New York 20, No. 8 (23 February 1987): 127-28.

Generally laudatory review of Childress's Moms.

Tait, Marianne Pride. Review of Those Other People, by Alice Childress. The Booktalker 1, No. 1 (September 1989): 14-15.

Short review providing a plot summary of Those Other People.