To See Clue at The Mercury Theater Chicago

Sunday I went to the Mercury Theater to see their production of CLUE. You know, the one where they find out if Colonel Mustard killed the Maid in the greenhouse with the wrench. This play called Clue is based off of the movie called Clue based off the board game called Clue and is directed by L. Walter Stearns and written by Sandy Rustin. 

CLUE brings a bunch of people together that have been invited to a creepy mansion where they find out that a dude is blackmailing them. When they find out there is a murderer in the mansion, they try to find out who it is, who they killed, where they killed them, and with what they killed them with. Yes, like the game.

That is my summary and it seems short but just buy some tickets, watch the play, and you’ll see what I mean, trust me. The cast of this play is The maid, Yvette, who is played by Tiffany T. Taylor, The butler, Wadsworth, played by Mark David Kaplan, The Cook/Singing Telegram Girl, played by Honey West, Colonel Mustard, played by Jonah D. Winston, Mrs. White, played by Mckinley Carter, Mrs. Peacock, played by Nancy Wagner, Mr. Green, played by Kelvin Roston Jr., Professor Plum, played by Andrew Jessop, Miss Scarlet, played by Erica Stephan, Mr. Boddy/Motorist/Chief Of Police, played by Patrick Byrnes, And the Cop, played by Andrew McNaughton. My favorite actor was Jonah D. Winston, because he made so many funny jokes and wasn’t even laughing! And I think it was impressive how the rest of the cast didn’t laugh as well! Also, all of the acting was so good, that it almost made me think it was real! 

I think that the costume designer, (Marquecia Jordan) really made it realistic, because the costumes matched the characters PERFECTLY! And it was SO similar to the movie! In the movie and play, they were able to PERFECTLY recreate what happened when Mrs. White walked in! It’s INCREDIBLE. Also, I should mention how efficient the set design was! (designers: Bob Knuth, Keith Ryan, and others) It could go from one room to another in, like, 2 SECONDS! I also liked how every single scene had a unique piece of lighting, (great job, Max!) There are also a bunch of people that I can't mention because this can’t be too long, like managers and sound creators, so thanks to you all! There was only 1 thing that I didn't like about it, and that was the funny music that played in the movie when Wadsworth was running around wasn’t there, but for that to be the ONLY thing I missed, that’s impressive!

I liked all the parts where they mentioned the game, like when they ask, “Who built this place?” and then the butler says, “The Parker Brothers!” and when they were using the board from the game as a map. I just basically liked any moment where there was comedy involved, (which was pretty much the whole play) because I like to laugh and make jokes!  I give this play 47 Wrenches out of 47.1 Wrenches because izza good play. I think that anyone who just wants to laugh or have a good time should see this play, because if that’s what you’re looking for, believe me, it is NOT a waste of money.

So long, Gunnar

photo credit: Liz Lauren