Reviews of The Screwtape Letters

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

Four and a half stars“...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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