The Secret Agent Reviews

Windy City Times - Recommended

"...running in repertory with five other plays, including four remounts from its 2007 season—emerges as noteworthy for its attention to academic values as for its disregard of commercial considerations: Gelman's adaptation displays a rare and commendable reverence for Conrad's text, transferred nearly-verbatim from the original—except for a few disruptive moments when M. Anthony Reimer's otherwise impeccable score of incidental music suddenly shifts to Jazz Age classics ( e.g., Al Jolson's rendition of “Toot-Toot-Tootsie” ) as the actors break into jubilant dancing for no apparent reason beyond relief from the exclusively verbal discourse."