Media Coverage
Chamber Theatre’s Lintel Is Long Overdue
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
by Russ Bickerstaff, Shepherd Express; All that's really required for solidly entertaining theater is one person and a story. When the right actor is paired with the right script in the right venue, a one-person show can be every bit as dynamic as something with a big cast and a bigger budget.
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Total Theater.com review
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
by Anne Siegel, Total Theater.com; Noted Wisconsin Actor James Ridge takes audiences on a journey around the world – and perhaps through the vagaries of their own souls – in an offbeat, one-person drama, Underneath the Lintel. Ridge, who has performed at American Players Theater in Spring Green, WI, for 16 years, is no stranger to Milwaukee audiences, either.
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The "Wanderer" Fantasy
Monday, February 25, 2013
by Paul Kosidowski, MilwaukeeMag.com; ...I want to sing its praises and shout from my little molehill: “This play, this production is extraordinary, funny, riveting, moving.” James Ridge delivers the most vibrant, detailed and full-blooded performance I've seen in a long time. Anywhere. Director Michael Wright draws both nuance and full-throated vitality from Berger’s devilishly clever script, a detective story that reaches back in time and joyously grasps at some of the great mysteries of the ages.
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"Underneath the Lintel" puts an unorthodox twist on ancient story
Sunday, February 24, 2013
by Dave Begel; OnMilwaukee.com; ... James Ridge, a regular member of the American Players in Spring Green, turns in a performance that makes you gasp in wonder as director C. Michael Wright leads him through a stunning and mysterious journey to which we are all privileged watchers...
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“Underneath the Lintel” a majestic, multilayered story
Saturday, February 23, 2013
by Matthew Reddin; Third Coast Digest.com; The first thing you notice about the strange gentleman who stumbles onto Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s black box studio stage is that he never stops moving. He twitches, paces, spins, gestures, moves for his chair and then darts away to scribble something else on the blackboard. It’s a restlessness that is – well, it’s tragic, really, but you won’t know that for a while.
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News
Ridge mesmerizing in Chamber Theatre's 'Underneath the Lintel'
Sunday, February 24, 2013
by Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Midway through his extraordinary solo performance in Glen Berger's "Underneath the Lintel" - being staged by the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre under C. Michael Wright's direction - James Ridge asks the audience whether we'd recognize a miracle if we saw one.
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'Underneath the Lintel' is a journey of self discovery
Thursday, February 21, 2013
by Mike Muckian, Wisconsin Gazette; Life is – or should be – a journey of self-discovery. Those of us who fail to initiate that quest are often prodded by life’s circumstances down roads they wouldn’t otherwise have chosen.
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James Ridge alone “Underneath the Lintel” at MCT
Thursday, February 21, 2013
by Cheryl Figueroa, Third Coast Digest.com; James Ridge, a 16-year veteran of American Players Theatre of Spring Green, will play The Librarian, the one and only role in the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s Underneath the Lintel, by Glen Berger. MCT artistic director C. Michael Wright is directing Ridge.
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Lake Effect interview with James Ridge & C. Michael Wright
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Listen to Bonnie North's interview with James Ridge & C. Michael Wright about UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL.
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UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL video
Friday, February 8, 2013
Watch this fun video about our upcoming production of UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL, Feb. 20 - March 17! Click "more info" for the link
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A Long and Winding Road
Thursday, February 7, 2013
People often ask me how I choose the scripts we produce. Truth be told, it can often be a rather lengthy and involved process. Take Glen Berger’s UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL as a case in point.
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