Chicago Tribune
- Highly Recommended
"...to experience this touring version of Scott Ellis' deftly staged 2004 Broadway revival is to marvel at the efficacy of the play's construction. You could make a strong case that "Twelve" was a leading precursor of the so-called procedural drama series that now clog network TV schedules. Rose understood how courtroom and jury deliberations could function as metaphors for American society. And he knew how to draw in an audience with dramatic dissent--and then send them out with just enough inspiration."
Chicago Sun Times
- Recommended
"...Directed by Scott Ellis -- with an ensemble of veteran actors led by Richard Thomas as Juror Eight, the architect strong enough to stand alone and voice his doubts, and George Wendt as the high school football coach who serves as foreman -- this is a solid, workmanlike production."
Daily Herald
- Recommended
"...Thomas and Wendt don’t draw focus and rightfully blend into the ensemble, allowing Rose’s finely crafted play to do its work. So even if Wendt and Thomas are the celebrity name bait to lure audiences in, everything else about “Twelve Angry Men” will really make you glad to be hooked."
Chicago Reader
- Somewhat Recommended
"...Starring as the determined dissenter, Richard Thomas (unlike Henry Fonda in the 1957 movie) unfortunately eschews soft-spoken intelligence in favor of the same noisy argumentativeness as his onstage opponents. The result comes off like the Fox News Channel talk show from hell."
EpochTimes
- Highly Recommended
"...This marvelous cast makes this production believable and real. Todd Cerveris, Randle Mell, Jeffrey Hayenga, Jim Saltouris, Charles Borland, Mark Morettini, T. Scott Cunningham and of special note, Alan Mandell, Julian Gamble and David Lively. All solid performers. The only problem with this production is that it will only be at The LaSalle Bank Theatre through February 11th- not enough time for a city this size."
Time Out Chicago
- Recommended
"...It’s certainly Lesson Theater, but it’s well constructed, and you could set the clock on the jury-room wall by the rhythm of this dozen of perfectly cast character actors."
ChicagoCritic
- Recommended
"...The non-for-profit New York theatre company, Roundabout Theatre, presents a national tour of the classic court room drama, Twelve Angry Men staring TV and film stars Richard Thomas and George Wendt. Director Scott Ellis has his veteran cast effectively build the dramatic tension to a fever pitch on Allen Moyer’s realistic drab 1950’s Manhattan jury deliberation room."
