Coraline
Black Button Eyes Productions
A Midwest Premiere
”Director Edward Rutherford, who formed the ad hoc Black Button Eyes Productions for the purpose of producing this Chicago premiere, creates a number of striking devices: Whenever the ubiquitous fog is mentioned, for instance, it’s created by clapping chalkboard erasers; the lost souls appear out of total darkness as a trio of floating baby-doll heads, creepily lit from within.”
-Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago
“Director Edward Rutherford has great passion for this material, and the result is a work that is beautifully designed, well sung, and thematically intriguing.”
-David Zak, Chicago Stage Standard
”Rutherford has passed along his palpable devotion for Gaiman to his crew and cast.”
-Aaron Hunt, New City Stage
“The director, Ed Rutherford, has done a phenomenal job of finding the delicate balance that comes along with suspending an audience’s disbelief…Mr. Rutherford has an intense understanding of the play’s story, tone, and music and worked hard to ensure that this story was told the best possible way it could be told in this medium.”
-Michael Williamson, Aging Spinsters Blog
”A nearly perfect stage rendering of a wonderful story…Everyone involved with the show clearly gave their best efforts and it shows.”
-Another Castle Blog
”If, like me, you are not one of the many Neil Gaiman groupies in the audience, you’ll still likely enjoy this musical adaptation of Gaiman’s fantastical novel.”
-Suzanne Scanlon, Chicago Reader