Media Coverage
Comedy of Manners
Friday, April 19, 2013
by Russ Bickerstaff, Shepherd Express; With Jeeves in Bloom, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre renders another compelling illustration of why P.G. Wodehouse's beloved characters Jeeves and Wooster continue to hold a distinctive appeal nearly a century after they first appeared on the printed page. Director Tami Workentin balances a rather intricately light comedic script on the shoulders of a talented cast.
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Lighthearted 'Jeeves in Bloom' to be seriously enjoyed
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Julie McHale, Waukesha Freeman/GM Today; Farces are fun, especially those tinged with Brit wit. Playwright Margaret Raether is obviously of like mind as she has already transformed three of P.G. Wodehouse’s short stories into farcical comedies, and all three are delighting audiences in many American cities, including Milwaukee.
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Order v. Chaos
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
by Paul Kosidowski, Milwaukee Mag.com; There’s also a battle between chaos and order in the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s production of Jeeves in Bloom, Margaret Raether’s play drawn from several of P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories.
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Charming Comic Satisfaction at MCT’s Jeeves In Bloom
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
by Peggy Sue Dunigan, Postscript Performing Arts; Milwaukee Chamber Theatre welcomes spring to the Cabot Stage at the Broadway Theatre Center with their current production of the wild and witty Jeeves In Bloom. Margaret Raether’s delightful adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse’s stories winks at British society with marvelous charm. Stories where the boyishly brash Bertie Wooster survives only by advice given through his impeccable butler Jeeves.
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Chamber Theatre in full flower with lighthearted 'Jeeves in Bloom
Saturday, April 13, 2013
by Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Given the miserable spring we've been having, I probably don't need to explain the appeal of a play titled "Jeeves in Bloom," the second of Margaret Raether's three stage adaptations of the P.G. Wodehouse stories and novels featuring Bertie Wooster's ever-capable valet.
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New “Jeeves” blossoms at MCT
Saturday, April 13, 2013
by Matthew Reddin, Third Coast Daily; Thank heavens, Jeeves is back! Jeeves in Bloom, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s season closer, is the spiritual sequel to Jeeves Intervenes, another treatment of P.G. Wodehouse’s stories about a brilliant valet who gets his master, Bertie Wooster, out of innumerable scrapes. MCT staged the first Margaret Raether adaptation in 2010, and has brought back director Tami Workentin and Matt Daniels as Jeeves in an attempt to recreate the splendor of that previous production.
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News
Matt Daniels re-ups as Jeeves for MCT
Thursday, April 11, 2013
by Matthew Reddin, Third Coast Daily; It’s understandable that an actor might have the opportunity to play a certain role more than once in their career. But to play the same character in multiple plays – especially given the relatively small number of plays which feature overlapping characters – is much less likely.
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Milwaukee Chamber Theatre plants Matt Daniels in 'Jeeves in Bloom'
Sunday, April 7, 2013
In the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's new production, "Jeeves in Bloom," Matt Daniels returns as the greatest manservant and straight man a fellow could ever hope for.
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Check out the MCT blog!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Check out the MCT blog for behind-the-scenes info, interviews with the cast and more!
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Carrying On: Why Wodehouse Sticks
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Wit. Fun. Delight. All attractive rewards for diving into Wodehouse’s fictional England, a world of rich young gentlemen, their servants, friends, fiancées, and quirky family; of country houses, French chefs, and telegrams from London. But what, beyond the glitter, makes this work last? What keeps readers returning to Wodehouse?
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Meet the JEEVES IN BLOOM cast!
Monday, March 25, 2013
Meet the JEEVES IN BLOOM cast!
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