Christmas With C.S. Lewis (Chicago) Tickets
Overall Rating
4.6
By DP
Great show!
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago
The show was well written and acted. It actually felt like CS Lewis was in the room!
By Br Chrysostom Christie-Searles
Pedestrian performance, poor writing.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago
I expected a great deal more of C.S. Lewis in the production. His writing on Christianity, his spiritual perspective on Christmas. What I experienced was a milk toast, caricature of a noteworthy author and apologist. Disappointing.
By MaryinChi
Great Play, noisy theatre
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago
Can't say enough good re CSLewis program. It was funny and lovely. However the theatre allows food and drink into the event space. I had to listen to slurping and crinkling popcorn bags all through the performance. Very distracting and annoying. Why is this allowed? People can't hold off on food and drink for 45 minutes until the intermission?? Very disappointed in the theatre policy. Took the 5 stars to 4 because of the audience noise. The performance was a 5!
By Naddie
Wonderful performance!
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago
We were third row and heard every line. Cute set and believable conversation...
By Coco
Excellent, nice calm, fun show
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago
Great show, so interesting and a trip down memory lane with CS Lewis. Enjoyed learning more about English Christmas traditions.
By Shannon
wonderful
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago
We loved it. It really felt like we were sitting with C S Lewis .
By Audience member
An Evening with a Friend
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago
It was a pleasure to spend an evening with C S Lewis. The story, the history, the humor were all delightful. I was so happy to have finally seen this production. I would recommend it to all who loved the Chronicles of Narnia as well as those who appreciate a well told story.
By Merry
Christmas as a Christian
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago
The actor was amazing but I was disappointed that he didn’t talk about how Christmas changed for him when he became a Christian - Why he would never experience Christmas in the same way again!!!!!
By Alan
Outstanding.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago
Christmas with C.S Lewis was extremely well done. David Payne is extraordinary.
By Eileen
Grest
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago
The original play was better, but this was good too
Details
In the early years of his young adult life C S Lewis believed the story of Christ's birth was nothing more than feel-good myth. That all changed after a particular encounter with his great friend and fellow author, J R R Tolkien. Although both men loved mythology in general, Tolkien was convinced that the Jesus myth was the one true myth. That was the start of Lewis' journey from Atheism to Christianity. From that point on Christmas, for Lewis, took on an entirely different meaning.
Here we find him at his home near Oxford on Christmas Eve hosting a group of Americans who are Christmassing in England. They are about to experience an unforgettable assortment of Yuletide recollections which stimulates a whole range of emotions - curiosity, laughter, gladness and even some tears. Above all, they will discover how that encounter with Tolkien forever changed his Christmas celebrations.