“WICKEDLY WITTY...it is, if I may so, ONE HELL OF A GOOD SHOW! Lewis’ topsy-turvy exercises in inverted moral theology were made to be played with lip-smacking relish!” More
Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
“SMART, SIZZLING ENTERTAINMENT...Wonderfully clever...The intellectual temperature has surely shot up...SENSATIONAL!” More
Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
“SLY, FUNNY, HANDSOMELY PRODUCE...THE DEVIL IS AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY ENTERTAINER. ” More
Celia Wren, The Washington Post
“VERY SMART...Richly rewarding...EXUBERANT THEATRICALITY...McLean let's It rip!” More
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
“PURE GENIUS...Full of crackling good prose...McLean DOMINATES the stage...he is both CHARMING and GRUESOME, which is exactly how theatergoers who are familiar with the book would want him to be...An OUTSTANDING piece of work.” More
John J. Miller, National Review
“The Screwtape Letters is just about everything you want in a night at the theatre...THOUGHT-PROVOKING, ENGAGING, ENTERTAINING, INTELLIGENT, BITINGLY SATIRICAL and FUNNY exploration of profound issues of right and wrong.” More
Daniel Kelley, NYTheatre.com
“DEVlLISHLY GOOD!...PROFOUND EXPERIENCE!” More
Mark Moring, Christianity Today
“THIS IS A SHOW...if you’ll pardon the expression — WITHOUT SIN. Lewis plays the English language like a fine tuned instrument.”More
Chris Klimek, DCist.com
“FIRST RATE PRODUCTION...TERRIBLY ENTERTAINING...Screwtape boils over with wit!” More
Jayne Blanchard, The Washington Times
“A COMPLETE AND COMPELLING depiction of Lewis’ snarkily astute narrative. This disarming production of perhaps THE MOST INTERESTING PIECE OF REVERSE-PSYCHOLOGY IN LITERATURE, will provoke the same theological musings among contemporary intellectuals that Lewis intended half a century ago. We must ask ourselves: are cynical pride and dismissive self-delusion really the “gradual path” to Hell? If so, a lot of us are probably...well...screwed.” More
Mitch Montgomery, OffOffOnline.com
“FABULOUSLY ENTERTAINING...downright illuminating...IT’S A PERFORMANCE ONE COULD WATCH FOR ETERNITY.” More
Chris Mincher, The Washington Post Express
“FASCINATING AND ENTERTAINING...and true to themes of the book.” More
Henrietta Gomes, The Catholic Herald
“GENUINELY FUNNY...AN ARTISTIC SUCCESS ON ALL LEVELS! – costumes, acting, and set design are PERFECT.” More
Tracy Dowling, The Catholic Standard
“DEVILISHLY FUNNY…DELIGHTFUL…AN INSPIRED COMEDIC VIEW of man's relation to his soul and to major issues in the modern world.” More
Barbara Mackay, The Washington Examiner
“HELL OF A GOOD TIME...IMAGINATIVE theatricality...WONDERFUL performances.” More
Frank Scheck, New York Post
“A COMPELLING new production...Lewis' insights into human nature still resonate...CLEVERLY CONVEYED...SLY, DECEPTIVELY CHARMING PERFORMANCE.” More
Associated Press
“A feast for the soul...A MUST SEE is McLean's absolute command of the stage...TOTALLY CAPTIVATING!”
Michael J Roberts, Showbiz Chicago
“Passionate and vivid…EXTREMELY THEATRICAL…the production matches the cast’s excellence.” More
Julia Furay, CurtainUp.com
“...A GREAT PLAY. The script was TERRIFIC and kept me thinking.”
Marie Knapp, About.com
“Max McLean transforms C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters into GRIPPING drama!” More
Marvin Olasky, World Magazine
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