Chicago Tribune review: 'War With the Newts' by Next Theatre: Sick of greasy humans, the newts take over the world ***1/2
“War With the Newts” is a fascinating, gutsy and intensely creative show that precisely evokes the era and style of Kapek’s creation.... The precision of the visuals — many of the intentionally sparse and atmospheric scenes are staged like moving sculptures — collides against the sudden intensity of the acting.

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"War With the Newts," which you must see, is an exquisitely detailed show and it is clearly dedicated to revealing that Capek (who wrote science fiction before anyone really saw the genre as a separate entity) was one prescient dude.

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...Loewith's direction of this multifaceted production is compelling...With its talk of ecological disaster, financial meltdown, colonialism, religious fanaticism, social unrest, military buildups and an overall sense of global upheaval, it could have been penned this week.

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unbelievably contemporary . . .underneath the fansiful story is more about basic truths with of our relationship with the environment . . . just like oil beneath the seas this is about the exploitation by humanity of an underwater resource . . . its also about the Walstreet meltdown . . . it remains completely contemporary and urgent, its very intellectually exciting show.

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Chicago Stage Review: Review ***
Next Theatre’s World Premiere of "War with the Newts" is a wildly ambitious, extremely fascinating and ultimately entertaining theatrical adaptation.

"War with the Newts" is a fascinating, gutsy and intensely creative show that precisely evokes the era and style of Kapek’s creation.

- Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune