Falling For Make Believe presented by MadKap Productions at Skokie Theatre

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...The focus of this song-laden play is Lorens "Larry" Hart, the gifted yet personally tortured lyricist half of the team who wrote so many songs which are still part of the American songbook today including "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "The Lady Is A Tramp," and "My Funny Valentine." The two-hour show (produced by MadKap Productions) is playing now through October 16 at the Skokie Theatre, 7294 Lincoln Avenue, Skokie IL 60077. The story is narrated in counterpointed flashbacks by Rodgers (eulogizing Hart at his funeral), as well as Fletcher Mecklin, a fictionalized lover of Hart's. This counterpointed narration is sometimes difficult to follow, but that is a minor issue with the script. The acting and singing in this production is excellent."

Chicago Theater and Arts - Recommended

"...This Madkap Production of “Falling for Make Believe” at the Skokie Theatre purports to be “The Real Story Behind the Music of Rodgers and Hart,” but might more accurately be called the real story behind the suffering of Lorenz Hart."

Chicago On Stage - Recommended

"...To be perfectly honest, there were times during the first act of Falling for Make Believe, Mark Saltzman’s fictionalized homage to the life of Lorenz “Larry” Hart, when I became so focused on the painfully slow set changes with no musical accompaniment or on the generally stiff lead performance from Nate Hall (playing a made-up gay lover of Hart) that I wondered whether I would be able to find anything other than the wonderful Rodgers and Hart songs to enjoy. But, as the act went on, I noticed several tantalizing hints that this play might be waiting for Act Two to truly come alive."

Picture This Post - Recommended

"...Falling for Make Believe packs in so many songs by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, it’s easy to assume the show is a merely hit parade for the legendary team. Not so. We do get the hits, starting with Bewitched, richly sung by Mandi Corrao as Broadway star Vivenne Segal. Draped in an evening gown, Correo delivers Segal’s signature number standing amid an Art Deco vision of the Manhattan skyline."