Reviews of The Screwtape Letters

 “WICKEDLY WITTY...IT IS ONE HELL OF A GOOD SHOW! Lewis’ topsy-turvy exercises in inverted moral theology were made to be played with lip-smacking relish...DELIGHTFULLY REPULSIVE.”

Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
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“PHENOMENAL! Sizzling Entertainment...Wonderfully Clever. SENSATIONAL !”

Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
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“VERY SMART...Richly rewarding...EXUBERANT THEATRICALITY!”

Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
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“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.”

Daniel Kelley, NYTheatre.com
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“SLY, FUNNY, HANDSOMELY PRODUCED…the fiendish reality the production conjures is colorful enough to appeal to theatergoers of any, or no, religious persuasion. THE DEVIL IS AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY ENTERTAINER. ”

Celia Wren, The Washington Post
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“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.”

John J. Miller, National Review
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“DEVlLISHLY GOOD! He also has deep understanding of the theological views Lewis presents.  This allows Max to explore more subtleties than most actors would be able to find, and to give the audience a more PROFOUND EXPERIENCE.”

                               Mark Moring, Christianity Today
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“Lewis plays the English language like a fine tuned instrument...THIS IS A SHOW...if you’ll pardon the expression — WITHOUT SIN.”

Chris Klimek, DCist.com
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“FIRST RATE PRODUCTION...TERRIBLY ENTERTAINING...Screwtape boils over with wit!”

Jayne Blanchard, The Washington Times
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“FABULOUSLY ENTERTAINING...downright illuminating...IT’S A PERFORMANCE ONE COULD WATCH...FOR ETERNITY.”

Chris Mincher, The Washington Post Express
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“FASCINATING AND ENTERTAINING...and true to themes of the book.”

Henrietta Gomes, The Catholic Herald
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“GENUINELY FUNNY...AN ARTISTIC SUCCESS on all levels – costumes, acting, and set design are PERFECT.”

Tracy Dowling, The Catholic Standard
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“DEVILISHLY FUNNY…DELIGHTFUL…AN INSPIRED COMEDIC VIEW of man's relation to his soul and to major issues in the modern world.”

Barbara Mackay, The Washington Examiner
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“H-LL OF A GOOD TIME...IMAGINATIVE theatricality...WONDERFUL performances.”

Frank Scheck, New York Post
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“A COMPELLING new production...Lewis' insights into human nature still resonate...CLEVERLY CONVEYED...SLY, DECEPTIVELY CHARMING PERFORMANCE.”

Associated Press
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“...A feast for the soul...A MUST SEE is McLean's absolute command of the stage...TOTALLY CAPTIVATING”

                                Michael J Roberts, Showbiz Chicago
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“Passionate and vivid…EXTREMELY THEATRICAL…the production matches the cast’s excellence.”

Julia Furay, CurtainUp.com
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“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.”

Mitch Montgomery, OffOffOnline.com
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“...A GREAT PLAY. The script was TERRIFIC and kept me thinking.”

Marie Knapp, About.com
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 “Max McLean transforms C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters into GRIPPING drama on the New York stage.”

Marvin Olasky, World Magazine
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“Cruel yet humorous senior devil Screwtape and his sidekick Toadpipe WON THE HEARTS OF THEATRE-GOERS.”

Michelle A. Vu, The Christian Post
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