Artist Descending A Staircase presented by Remy Bumppo at Online Stream

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

"...During this "Covid 10" thing, the theater companies have worked at becoming more creative. Remy Bumpo , Think Theatre , is one that has gone that extra mile. They have gone to their library shelf, taken the work of Tom Stoppard, and his "Artists Descending A Staircase" and found a way to make it happen. This was written as a radio play in Stoppard's early days It is a story filled with wit, romance, modern art and some mystery. Please understand that you will view this production , not with your eyes, but with your ears. You will hear the voices of the characters and the sounds that they want you to hear as produced by the Foley ( in this case, the sound engineer and audio producer, Christopher Kriz)."

Third Coast Review - Recommended

"...Stoppard’s brilliant and witty dialog about modern art and artists, spoken by three superb Remy Bumppo actors, might have you yearning to use the Google machine. But don’t do it during the play. Just listen and let yourself sink into the mood and appreciate the dialog. In fact, it’s best to listen with earphones to help you concentrate on the voices and sound effects."

Chicago On Stage - Recommended

"...Though a live theatre version of Tom Stoppard's 1972 radio play Artist Descending a Staircase does exist, the original fits so perfectly into today's theatrical (non-)world that it is no surprise that Remy Bumppo Theatre chose it for production. The play is a humorous, romantic, and even tragic examination of the definition of art disguised as a murder mystery of the weirdest kind: the only two possible suspects spend the play accusing each other of having committed the crime."