In 1988, Reeve played Major Johnnie Dodge in the two-part television film The Great Escape II: The Untold Story. Like the 1963 film, the first part tells the story of the mass escape of Allied POWs from a German camp in 1944. The second part depicts the search and prosecution of those responsible for the murder of 50 escapees, which was not covered in the 1963 film. But for most of 1988 and 1989, Reeve was working onstage. He starred in another production of Summer and Smoke, this time with Christine Lahti, at the Ahmanson Theatre. In Williamstown, he reunited with Madeleine Potter in Joel Gross' new play, Mesmer, and performed in a stage reading of the same play on Broadway.
In 1988, Reeve played Major Johnnie Dodge in the two-part television film The Great Escape II: The Untold Story. Like the 1963 film, the first part tells the story of the mass escape of Allied POWs from a German camp in 1944. The second part depicts the search and prosecution of those responsible for the murder of 50 escapees, which was not covered in the 1963 film. But for most of 1988 and 1989, Reeve was working onstage He starred in another production of Summer and Smoke, this time with Christine Lahti, at the Ahmanson Theatre. In Williamstown, he reunited with Madeleine Potter in Joel Gross' new play, Mesmer, and performed in a stage reading of the same play on Broadway.