Light Up The Sky Reviews
Chicago Theatre Review- Recommended
"...They don’t make ‘em like this any more were words never truer spoken. Moss Hart drew upon the people and the world he knew best to create this sendup of backstage show business, a world that really hasn’t changed all that much since the late 1940’s. He patterned these bizarre characters after many of the real-life theatre people he knew and loved. Now today’s audiences will have the chance to love them, too."
Irish American News- Highly Recommended
"...The play is constantly entertaining because it is rich with comedy and optimistic in spirit. It is filled with characters based on sharply accurate observations, often humorous, of people Moss Hart knew."
Chicago Theater and Arts- Recommended
"...The play offers interesting insight from different perspectives from a playwright who knows what it takes to get to Broadway. But though fun, it doesn't have to be two and a half hours long. The first act definitely can be shorter. Perhaps one intermission of 15 minutes could replace the two ten minute breaks."
Chicago On Stage- Not Recommended
"...It is reasonable, though, in coming to see a 40's comedy, to think that it will not require the heavily stylized acting to build humor. The fact that this cast is up to the task says something about them (though the pacing was off at times and some lines were flubbed, which one assumes will correct itself as the run goes on). But because what George Kaufmann and Moss Hart writing together might have turned into huge laughs, Hart by himself could only wring small smiles from, they are simply asked to do too much. Too many characters are turned up to "11." And we are left at times feeling as much outsiders in all of this as the "extra" playwright Owen Turner, who can't even make Peter understand that he should never let someone else get in the way of his voice."
Picture This Post- Somewhat Recommended
"...LIGHT UP THE SKY’s low dramatic stakes and rigidly etched characters make it hard to build comedic tension. However, Rob Jordan’s Sidney has marvelous energy that’s convincing right from the top. Others onstage pick up steam and join him in what finally becomes a concluding romp. Unexpectedly, Golding’s Peter pauses the action for a heartfelt phone conversation with his girlfriend about his presumed failure as a writer. It’s nice. It’s real. Besides fabulous robes, LIGHT UP THE SKY’s show people deserve that level of truth."