Michael S. Brewer
Reviews 4
A Christmas Carol
Catco Is Theatre
Columbus Underground
December 9, 2013
Lisa Much
"Overall, this production features some great design. Michael S. Brewer’s modular set contains a wealth of detail and attention that one can take a full ten minutes pre-show just taking it all in. Doug Northeim’s varied and complex lighting choices create all the right moods. The costumes, designed by Marcia Hain, complete the details in a stunning way. Christine Hentz collects and designs an array of great props."
The Columbus Dispatch - Michael Grossburg,
"Although this intimate version requires scant scenery, CATCO’s top-notch design team makes the production feel almost as lavish as a musical thanks to Marcia Hain’s period costumes, Doug Northeim’s sepia-tinged lighting and Michael S. Brewer’s adaptable multi-level set."
Fully Committed
Catco Is Theatre
Columbus Underground November 8, 2013
Lisa Much
"Michael S. Brewer creates a dim, scattered and slightly kitschy set that looks as though employees discarded bits of their souls there for years."
Columbus Theater, A Central Ohio theater guide for the post-TOP era.
November, 2013
Richard Ades
"Sure, the chef is a haughty Brit and the maître d’ is a snooty Frenchman, but the 40 or so characters seldom fit into overused pigeonholes. They may not be as grittily believable as Michael S. Brewer’s messy set, but they’re far from one-note creations."
The 25th annual Punam County Spelling Bee
Catco Is Theatre
Broadway World August 9, 2013
Lisa Norris
"You can almost smell the scent of misfit adolescence in the air down at the Vern Riffe Center, and as you take your seat surrounded by Set Designer Michael S. Brewer's all-too-realistic high school gymnasium stage, you can't help but feel the awkwardness and anxiety of your earlier years come flooding back."