Epic Proportions presented by Project 891 Theatre Co at CIC Theater

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...Anna Schutz disarms as Louise Goldman, the nervous, beautiful extras director who tries to hold things together while broad comedy and chaos fall around her like plaster chunks from an ersatz frieze. But the humor--repetitive, buffoonish, and gigglingly sexual--feels like a relic of a bygone era."

Time Out Chicago - Recommended

"... The clever banter and general plot preposterousness far outshine the physical comedy; in a slapsticky gladiator fight scene, for instance, the joke is that the fight stretches on and on—but it’s never funny enough to overcome the sense that the scene just overstays its welcome. There are some exceptions to this flaw: In one great bit, Extra No. 4 (Tommy Culhane) delivers a line about ripening dates in a more hilariously overwrought manner each time he’s forced to redo a take."

Chicago Theater Beat - Somewhat Recommended

"...The cast certainly exhibits all the exuberance typical of a 1930s comedy. However, the craft that is the legacy of vaudeville and screwball films needs to be tightened up for the sake of a fully realized work. Who knew silliness could be so complicated? Who knew everything old would be new, and necessary, again?"