Chicago Tribune
- Recommended
"...This is an unhurried, sure-footed production that builds its case slowly but powerfully on Kevin Hagan's grandly stolid setting, using the firm foundation of honest-to-God, straight-from-the-gut Chicago acting from the mature, guileless quartet of Doug McDade, Maury Cooper, Linda Reiter and Don Blair."
Chicago Sun Times
- Recommended
"...Under Todd Schmidt's solid direction (on a sensational set by Kevin Hagan), the play's little holes of logic are neatly finessed. As Miller suggests, perhaps a bit too smugly, life is just a big farce (or moral fire sale), anyway."
Daily Herald
- Highly Recommended
"...The skillful direction of Todd Schmidt and the consummate quartet of Doug McDade, Linda Reiter, Maury Cooper and Don Blair make a masterful revival of Arthur Miller's 1968 drama about sibling rivalry, missed opportunities and the sharp sting of regret."
Chicago Reader
- Somewhat Recommended
"...Arthur Miller's 1968 two-roads-diverged drama is a masterful, sorrowful, funny, often stunningly perceptive look at the regrets and rage of middle age. Though plenty good enough to suggest the script's marvels, Shattered Globe Theatre's production fails to embody them. Things may improve as Todd Schmidt's cast gains confidence after a jittery opening performance--but for now The Price is a catharsis waiting to happen."
Windy City Times
- Recommended
"...There’s a seasoned wisdom and hard-earned maturity to Shattered Globe’s production of Arthur Miller’s The Price. This is not the theater of youthful, puppyish exuberance or comic-book colors. It is instead complex, multi-dimensional and true to the shattering core in its endless shades of everyday, devastating gray. The explosions here aren’t clever; they’re human."
Gay Chicago Magazine
- Highly Recommended
"...Shattered Globe has successfully communicated all of the dramatic turns of this powerful work through the use of four stellar performers and the artistic vision of director Todd Schmidt. As the play tells us, we all have paid a price, good and bad, for past choices we have made, all through our own looking-glass of what we presume to be true."
Time Out Chicago
- Recommended
"...Though lacking the precision of Miller’s best works, Price engrossingly illustrates his panoramic worldview, the bigness he saw in the smallest life, while his ear for the poetic cadences of common speech fosters some fervent dialogue. As Victor sees it, he took care of their father, while Walter took care of himself."
ChicagoCritic
- Highly Recommended
"...The Price is one of the finest acted plays seen on a Chicago stage in recent memory. Maury Cooper is wonder to be hold; Linda Reiter does much with a facial expression while Doug McDade is so empathetic, we cheer for him. Don Blair has a commanding presence that is intimidating. The result is a troupe that delivers Arthur Miller’s powerful work with intelligence and respect."
