Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended
"...This is quite a complicated (and long) story, actually, and the Lifeline show uses a lot of doubling, which, unless you know this story well, can make it tough to follow. Rochefort and Lord de Winter are played by Mike Ooi. D'Artagnan's mom (played by Mildred Marie Langford) shows up again as Queen Anne and Madame Coquenard. King Louis and the Duke of Buckingham are both played by Miguel Nunez. You get the idea. And when you're talking modern dress, there's little help there."
Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended
"... Amanda Delheimer Dimond's thrill-a-minute production unfolds on a set (designed by Alan Donahue) filled with ladders to climb and fireman's poles to slide down, ensuring that no swash goes unbuckled. The breakneck pacing makes the story difficult to follow at times, but thanks to thrilling swordplay choreographed by Matt Hawkins and the cast's energetic performances, it hardly matters."
Windy City Times - Highly Recommended
"...Portraying larger-than-life characters in an intimate space without slipping into hyperbolic camp is no easy task, but under Amanda Delheimer Dimond's deft direction, Glenn Stanton carries off the coming-of-age subtext inherent in D'Artagnan's progress, flanked by Chris Hainsworth, Dwight Sora, Christopher M. Walsh as his respective mentors. The ten actors filling the remaining 36 roles also retain their individual darkness-indeed, Katie McLean Hainsworth's Milady de Winter emerges so irredeemably evil that her grisly execution by lynching is well-justified. The show's run is rumored to be nearly sold out already, so don't you wait to join in the fun and adventure."
Time Out Chicago - Recommended
"...There's something left unreconciled, though, between the breezy and at times campy direction and the subjects being handled. Dimond keeps things zipping along, though it's hard to shake the feeling that some of Dumas's expansive plot points are more of a burden than the show's core."
Chicago On the Aisle - Somewhat Recommended
"...If Alexandre Dumas' historical novel "The Three Musketeers" is a romantic adventure of epic proportions, Lifeline Theatre's adaptation for the stage is a busy amusement, a shrunken likeness that has its appealing features but falls well short of capturing either the bravura spirit or the inherent drama of the original."
Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended
"...That script is brought to life by the creative choices of director Amanda Delheimer Dimond, who keeps things going even at the tale's slower points by never having a lull in the action on stage. Characters are constantly skulking about spying on each other or setting up ambushes so that a quiet conversation can suddenly erupt into a fight or a dramatic confrontation, and no time is lost waiting for the scene to change. It's important to keep things moving since the number of subplots otherwise threaten to bog the story down."
ChicagoCritic - Recommended
"...So I suppose even if The Three Musketeers does manage to exhaust its own action-packed theatrics long before the curtain finally comes down, at least one can’t say that nothing happens. And if Lifeline’s production were simply too overflowing with plot turns, reversal of fortunes, and colorful characters, at least they’d only be following in the footsteps of that wildly self-indulgent novelist Alexandre Dumas. A dizzyingly prolific writer whose collected works comprise 300 volumes, moderation was never Dumas’s strong suit, and there seems little point in trying to impose constraints now."
Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended
"...If you believe that great theater requires expensive, elaborate sets and costumes, and a state of the art theater with lots of bells and whistles, then you might miss one of the most exciting productions running this summer. The Lifeline Theatre adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic adventure novel swashes and buckles, defends honor, goes for glory and keeps you on the edge of your seat for two and a half hours, even if, like me, you know the story well."
Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended
"...Overall, this production at Lifeline is a solid adaptation of this well-trod classic. The story is clearly told and the energy enthusiastic."