Holmes vs. Holmes at Heartland Studio Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Not Recommended

"...It's a gormless endeavor, one that neither feels especially connected to Chicago history nor to that of Sherlock Holmes' raison d'etre, and it's not helped by the awkward production values; the sound, lighting and set design are all strangely clunky and not well crafted or thought out. Director Couling is going for a theatricality but the ideas never quite gel."

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...The play is obviously intended to be a tense cat-and-mouse game, but the cat is slow on the uptake and the mouse has no finesse. Plodding storytelling, clunky stagecraft, and ho-hum performances in Orion Couling's production for EDGE Theater fail to generate suspense or convey the horror of the killer's crimes."

The Fourth Walsh - Recommended

"...Holmes vs. Holmes essentially depends on a trio of strong performances: Bill Daniel, doing impressive duty here as Holmes vs. Holmes' playwright and delivering a confident, magnetic turn as H.H. Holmes; T. Isaac Sherman, suitably detached and God-like as Sherlock Holmes; and a wired Lucas Thatcher as the dogged Pinkerton Agency detective on the trail of the serial killer."