Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended
"...'Amadeus." The title of British playwright Peter Shaffer's ever-fascinating meditation on genius and envy, now in an astonishingly fine revival by BoHo Theatre, captures the very essence of the story."
Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended
"...Led by Chris Ballou's brilliant but immature Mozart and Steve O'Connell's hilariously villainous Salieri, Sullivan's cast are equally at home in scenes of high drama and emotional excess and in the myriad cooler meditations on pride, ambition, creativity, and facing up-or not facing up-to the limitations of our petty, mortal lives. Theresa Ham's eye-pleasing costumes and Patrick Ham's smart set serve the production perfectly."
Time Out Chicago - Recommended
"...Ballou's Mozart is a stand-out. He's wild and goofy, a typhoon-like force, but Ballou keeps him grounded, never crossing into caricature. Every giggle is justified-a nervous tic or a weapon depending on the situation, but never a crutch. It's a nimble performance, and the energy he brings to the production is palpable. This should not take away from what is a decidedly consistent production. It might even be truer to the spirit of the play that in its very performance, Mozart steals our attention despite Salieri's most desperate efforts."
ChicagoCritic - Highly Recommended
"...Peter Shaffer's philosophical and psychological enriched script with terrific ensemble work and the truthful performances by Chris Ballou and Steve O "Connell rendered Boho Theatre's Amadeus as a special theatrical event not to be missed!"
Chicago Stage and Screen - Recommended
"...BoHo has built a strong reputation for fine productions of solid scripts, earning consistent Jeff Nominations. If you love Mozart, and have not seen Amadeus - or not seen it for a while, I recommend it you spend an evening with the company. You will enjoy being in the great music, great words, and an ensemble of artists giving it their all."
Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended
"...BoHo Theatre impresses with another contemporary classic that supports their mission to bring truth, beauty, freedom and love to its stage. In this witty, intelligent, first-rate production of Peter Shaffer's psychological thriller, laced with humor and thoughtful philosophy, Peter Marston Sullivan presents yet another exquisite production that should be on everyone's must-see list."
Chicago Theater Beat - Highly Recommended
"...My main man Vonnegut—as per usual—commented quite accurately on the anxiety of our age when he said, “…simply moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would have been a community treasure a thousand years ago has to give up…since modern communications put him or her into daily competition with nothing but the world’s champions.” As the would-be patron saint of the mediocre, Salieri forgives us and absolves us of our ‘sin.’ Thirty-five years after its debut, Shaffer’s message of the perils of envy is needed now more than ever, and BoHo has crafted a beautiful, haunting vehicle in which to deliver it."