Bars And Measures at Prop Theatre

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...It's potent stuff, even with Goodwin's reductive musicology and undervetted plotting (Bilal's a federal detainee yet spends regular time with Eric inventing jazz riffs in an ill-defined prison room), but in only 70 minutes neither story is adequately developed; the evening feels like a highlights reel. Still, director Tara Branham coaxes nuanced, satisfying performances from Osiris Khepera and Anthony Conway as the warring brothers."

Time Out Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

"...Music, we're told, communicates things that speech cannot, but the play and director Tara Branham rarely let the music do the talking. When melody does take over, the music itself can range from acceptable to rather less, a problem made more significant by the play's insistence that each brother is something of a prodigy. The set transforms the Prop's back space into a nightclub, but the instruments go unplayed and the intimacy's never quite realized. Branham and her cast build solid performances-Vafadari is particularly affecting-but none of it adds up to much. Like the facts surrounding Bilal's case, there's a lot that goes unanswered."