Star Tribune - Recommended

"...Director Bain Boehlke matches Levin’s sense of comic spoofery in a production that opened Friday at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis. Boehlke balances natural suspense — played for real — with the tongue-in-cheek caprice that is the script’s lifeblood."
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Somewhat Recommended

"...Hendrickson doesn't seem to know what to do with the character -- a middle-aged playwright whose strategy for dealing with writer's block takes a deadly turn. There should be something to like ... or at least grudgingly admire ... about Sidney, but Hendrickson's take is so bilious that -- during a stretch of silence at the top of the second act -- his facial expressions made me think of the Grinch who stole Christmas. At the same time, Hendrickson's Sidney is so phlegmatic that it's difficult to imagine the character summoning the gumption to swat a fly, much less commit murder."
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How Was The Show - Highly Recommended

"...Also, were you to skip Deathtrap you’d miss some delightful acting. Steve Hendrickson leads the pack as Sidney Bruhl. Thin, soft-spoken, arch, Hendrickson-as-Bruhl hides his bitterness and omnivorous ambition perfectly. When it erupts, it takes us aback – and makes us nod with recognition. Hendrickson gives an understated and masterful performance."
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Aisle Say Twin Cities - Recommended

"...The script is meant to achieve two things at once: be suspenseful and surprising (shocking would be a bit strong) as a good thriller should, and funny. In this production the entertaining quality had the upper hand, and fortunately so. Although the piece has the clear structure of a play within a play, what comes through the unexpected twists in the plot is less an attempt to study the affinities between reality and fiction and more a demonstration of the unreliable and corruptible relation between the things that drive us to commit a crime: greed, frustration, romantic love. We cannot even count on these motives to be consistent."
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