Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended
"...Witt's production is marked by close attention to detail, even down to the right, meager kind of Christmas decorations on the tenement walls. The accents are remarkable, a tribute to dialect coach Adam Goldstein, and the acting is unstinting throughout. The anchor of the cast is Lori Myers, a longtime Chicago actress doing the scruffiest and most powerful work of her career here - it is one of the performances of the year in Chicago theater - and she is supported by the likes of Ellie Reed, Amanda Powell, Curtis Jackson and Katherine Banks."
Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended
"...A note to all those who might need a reminder of the raw beauty and gut-wrenching emotion that can be generated by live theater at its very best: Take a look at the Griffin Theatre production of "Men Should Weep." The Scottish playwright Ena Lamont Stewart's rarely seen classic debuted in 1947, and has received only sporadic but triumphant revivals since, and now is receiving its Chicago debut. Under the galvanic direction of Robin Witt, a large cast is turning in some of the most gorgeous performances you will find on any stage in this city, and they are doing so in a play of genuine substance."
Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended
"...Required by the script to speak in a sometimes impenetrable Scottish dialect, the uniformly excellent cast of Robin Witt's revival for Griffin Theatre Company nevertheless convey resilience and decency amid all the suffering. It's an ensemble piece, but the heart of the show is Lori Myers's stirring, emotionally raw performance as the overworked matriarch."
Time Out Chicago - Highly Recommended
"...Stewart, along with Witt and her extraordinarily truthful cast, have spent two acts making this level of poverty feel so pernicious and inescapable and real that you can’t imagine the misery isn’t about to return. Which, sadly, remains a timely empathy lesson for Chicago today."
ChicagoCritic - Highly Recommended
"...The entire cast was terrific, especially Lori Myers who gave one of the finest, heartfelt and emotional performances of the year. Scot West, Amanda Powell and Curtis Jackson were also notable with their performances. Men Should Weep is a major work that demands to be seen! it is one of the best shows of 2014 - don't miss it. It'll reach you deeply."
Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended
"...Yes, the cast speaks with a brogue, but guess what? They are very understandable. The lighting (Brandon Wardell), sound (Victoria Deiorio), costumes (Kate Murphy) and props (boy, are there props- by Janelle Boudreau) all add to the beauty of this wonderful production. While this play may have been written as a spite play, to show the world that there was more to life than Oscar Wilde and his light and airy characters and stories, it is a meaningful experience for theater audiences to view, living up to the standards that Griffin continues to bring to the stages where they hand their hat, until they get their own home built and open."
The Fourth Walsh - Highly Recommended
"...MEN SHOULD WEEP was initially received poorly by the Glasgow male community. Not surprisingly, the men aren't "Braveheart"-worthy. Still, after being neglected for forty years, the play has been named "Top 100 Plays of the Century" by National Theatre of London. MEN SHOULD WEEP hasn't been performed in America since 1984. Griffin Theatre does an outstanding job of telling this rarely told story. MEN SHOULD WEEP should be seen."