Ernest Kearney

VICTORIA GORDON HAS AN ENGAGING PRESENCE. AT TIMES SHE SEEMS TO GO OUTSIDE HER VOCAL RANGE, AT OTHER TIMES SHE BATS ONE OUT OF THE STADIUM. WHAT IS STABLE IS HER RAPPORT WITH THE AUDIENCE WHICH BRINGS THE RUNS IN WITH THIS SHOW. GREAT FUN.... full review

WRITER\PERFORMER ROBERT PERKINS AND DIRECTOR AMANDA BIRD HAVE CRAFTED A UNPRETENTIOUS BUT ACHINGLY SINCERE TALE OF A YOUNG MAN’S LOST OF PARADISE. HEARTBREAKING IN IT’S UNDERSTATEMENT EULOGY TO THE FRAILTY OF BOTH LOVE AND SALVATION. ... full review

A CLEVER AND STYLISH STAGED DANCE-CHRONICLE OF ONE OF THE GREAT STORIES OF HOLLYWOOD LORE; THE CASTING OF SCARLETT O’HARA IN GONE WITH THE WIND; GREAT FUN FOR MOVIE LOVERS AND HISTORY BUFFS. ... full review

A WEIRD AND WONDERFUL TALE OF A DANTESQUE JOURNEY TO THE SEVEN LAYERS OF HELL SUNK BENEATH THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. A HAUNTING CONCEPT SUPERBLY REALIZED.... full review

NOT A SHOW BUT A LECTURE. A VERY ENTERTAINING AND HIGHLY INFORMATIVE LECTURE; AND ONE THAT ATTENDING AT IS ONLY SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT THAN YOUR NEXT HEART BEAT.... full review

A SINISTER, SILLY AND INSIGHTFUL PARODY (OR PERHAPS PARABLE) OF THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE; LAUGHS WITH THE BITTEREST OF AFTER TASTE AND A CHILLING MORAL: BEHIND THE MOCKERY LURKS THE MONSTER.... full review

ARISTOPHANES’ THE BIRDS IS A MOUTHFUL, THAT THIS PRODUCTION DIDN’T CHOKE ON IT AND STILL MANAGE TO SPIT A COUPLE OF WELL AIMED WADS IN THE DIRECTION OF THAT TROLL IN THE OVAL OFFICE IS ENOUGH FOR ME TO RECOMMEND IT. THAT IT WAS ALSO FUNNY IS JUST ICING ON THE CAKE. (WAIT! THAT ISN’T “ICING,” IT’S - DAMN THOSE BIRDS!!!)... full review

BUCHBOOT HAS A LOVELY VOICE, AND HIS SINGING OF SOME SELDOM HEARD YIDDISH CLASSICS WAS A JOY, BUT HE HAS BURIED BOTH HIS TALENTS AND HIS GRANDMOTHER’S POIGNANT TALE IN A TOMB OF THE UNESSENTIAL. ... full review

The weakness in this show is its disjointed narrative arc and a dramatic thrust that is a tad more foible than forte. The strength here is in the performer herself who is talented, clever and packed with promise for bigger and better things. ... full review

BENJAMIN NICHOLSON’S FIRST EVER FRINGE SHOW IS NOT QUITE THERE – BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY AN “THERE” THERE. THE INTELLIGENCE AND CRAFT OF THIS PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS HIS SPOT ON PERFORMANCE SHOUTS OF PROMISE SO LOUDLY THAT TINNITUS IS FEARED. ... full review