Reviews | Press Clips

Invisible Man (Court Theatre, now playing until February 19, 2012); clips courtesy of Court Theatre:

Chris Jones review in the Chicago Tribune: 3 1/2 Stars “a remarkable piece of made-in-Chicago theater that deserves to attract national attention” Read the full review.

Hedy Weiss review in the Chicago Sun-Times: Highly recommended; “a galvanic, emotionally fevered world premiere.” Read the full review.

Chicago Sun-Times critic Hedy Weiss on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight: “It is a performance that your really should not miss.” Watch the video.

Kris Vire review in Time Out Chicago: 5 Stars “stunningly successful … This Invisible Man should be seen far and wide.” Read the full review.

From Chris Jones at the Chicago Tribune: An invisible man, live on stage. First adaptation of Ralph Ellison’s novel debuts at Court Theatre.  Read the full article.

Becky Shaw (A Red Orchid):

“SAVVY AND SMART, VERY VERY FUNNY” —Chicago Tribune

“ALTERNATELY DISTURBING AND DISTURBINGLY FUNNY, A TWISTED JOY TO BEHOLD” —Chicago Theatre Beat

“KNIFE-EDGED REPARTEE, RAZOR-SHARP PERFORMANCES, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD LINES” —Chicago Sun-Times

“BLAZINGLY CLEVER” —Time Out Chicago

Speed-the-Plow (American Theater Company):

Chris Jones (Chicago Tribune): “You can’t skip ‘Speed-the-Plow,’ which is blisteringly fine…. ‘Speed-the-Plow’ features the loving ministrations of Lance Baker, who nails a character smart enough to know that the gods of showbiz usually offer only one shot, and that no pain in life is more acute than seeing that opportunity slip out of your fingers.”

Hedy Weiss (Chicago Sun-Times): “Get yourself over to the American Theater Company, where Rick Snyder (the veteran Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member who has emerged as a director of extraordinary talent and profound insight), and his three phenomenal actors (Nicole Lowrance, Darrell W. Cox and Lance Baker), are battling their way through the most bitter, bruising, revelatory and wholly accomplished productions ever given these brash pursuit-of-power dramas…. As for Baker’s scalpel-sharp work in ‘Plow,’ it only confirms his giddy-making genius for bitingly comic high anxiety behavior.”

Speed-the-Plow was Jeff Recommended.