For tickets and more show information visit. This new and original adaptation inspired by Doyle's classic detective tales by playwright Greg Kramer and directed by Andrew Shaver is scheduled to play Chicago's Oriental Theatre (24 W Randolph) November 24 - 29, 2015. You can only do so much with the material given. Though nice to see Arquette on the stage, I hope to see him return in a more entertaining production. The head-scratching crimes were not as engaging as one would have hoped and the laughs not as big. However, this cold, campy and dark version of the show did little to satisfy real fans of Sherlock Holmes. Actor David Arquette may be known for his role as Dewey Wiley in the Scream franchise or. Sherlock Holmes (Downey jr.) accompanied by Doctor Watson (Law), put on track by Irene Adler (McAdams), a. David Arquette as Sherlock Holmes Photo: Brian To. I honestly think if they cut the show down to 90 minutes from 2 and one half hours, people might have left saying that it was an interesting and modern take on an old classic. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Sherlock Holmes.
#REVIEW SHERLOCK HOLMES DAVID ARQUETTE TV#
Olstead is best known for her roles as Lauren Miller in the TV sitcom "Still Standing”, and as Madison Cooperstein in "The Secret Life of the American Teenager”. John Watson, along with Renne Olstead as the well-to-do-American, Lady Irene St. Perhaps there may be room to turn Sherlock Homes into a comedy, but the writers missed the mark on this one.
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Although Arquette, as Sherlock Holmes, struggled to pull off a few laughs here and there with his flamboyant drug using character, everyone else seemed to just be shouting at each other and racing about willy-nilly like the Keystone Cops the whole play, as if pretending to be an old 20’s movie version of the play. The set was accented only by slightly different chairs and red, black and grey lighting changes. First, the stage which was very modern, stark, and cold did nothing to clarify where any of the characters were at any time in the show. Now, I like David Arquette, I think he’s a talented comedic and dramatic actor and obviously he has the chops to pull of this role but so many things conspired to make this production an overly long, campy but not funny mess.
Broadway in Chicago and producers Starvox Entertainment and June Entertainment present “Sherlock Holmes”, starring the often very funny David Arquette in the title role that is based on the shrewd detective in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mystery novels.