“Beautifully crafted.” “A theatrical triumph.”

“Everything, actually. How could I not? It’s Hamlet, after all. Preparation is everything. Assemble the best…”more

“Energetic, sharp.” “First class.”

“Deathtrap was one of those assignments that I was more happy to be offered for the opportunity to work…”more

“Echoes as pertinent as it does ancient.”

“I was the bridge between Artistic Directors who were changing jobs in 2016-’17. First, as we were getting ready…”more…

“Immersive.” “Creepy, suspenseful.”

“Sometimes you go for the adventure – and most times the adventure is absolutely worth it. Such was the case…”more…

“Breathes new life into the story.”

“Peter Pan is a bitch. That’s what I learned, though not for the first time. I have sworn for some time…”more

“Intensely emotional; physically vivid.”

“The Tempest was another of Shakespeare’s plays that I’d done my best to avoid. Perhaps it’s because…”more

“Raw, realistic.”

“Poignant, raw, moving.”

“Always authentic.” “Soul-shaking.”

“Layered richness.” “Strong performances.”

“If you cry you lose. That phrase was my somewhat frequent admonition to the actors in Of Mice and Men…”more

“Lovely.”

“Carefully drawn.”

“Marvelous.” “Exquisite.”

“Fine production.”

“Give people an excellent script, cast the production well, do your homework, be given a generous rehearsal…”more

“Accessible, engaging, and entertaining.” “Fun.”

“Absolutely lucid.” “Dazzling.” “hilarious.”

“Whimsical and transportive.” “Superb.”

“A dream to remember.” “Hypnotic and lovely.”

“This was my eighth or ninth production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I actually thought I’d directed…”more

“Surprising depth.” “Ingenious and moving.”

“Smart and creative.” “Bubbly.” “A delight.”

“Wonderful.” “Fabulous.” “Worth the journey.”

“Silly and fun.” “For the Will-phobes among us.”

“I was too intimidated by The Merry Wives of Windsor to suggest we produce it (and that I direct it)…”more

“Daring.” “Enthralling.”

“Riveting.” “Lyrical.” “Moving.”

“Exquisite.” “Touching depth.”

“Impressive.” “Exceptional.”

“If there was a politically incorrect pitfall concerning Nina Raine’s astonishing play, Tribes, I managed to…”more

“First-rate.” “Skillful.” “Well worth seeing.”

“Superb direction.” “Perfectly delightful.”

“Lavish, gripping.” “Precisely executed.”

“Perfect.” “wonderful.” “Genuinely haunting.”

“2013 was the year of Vanya, Sonia, Masha, and Spike and Other Desert Cities, two plays…”more

“Diabolical.” “Barbaric.” “grisly.”

“Revels in contradiction.” “Animalistic.”

“Magnificent madness.” “Blood-gorged.”

“Wickedly wonderful.” “Crimson splendor.”

“I came away from having directed my fourth production of Macbeth convinced that the play really is…”more

“Perfect.” “avoids every trap.”

“Poignant and deep.” “Hysterically funny.”

“Psychologically astute.” “Endlessly entertaining.”

“Brilliantly conceived” “Flawlessly executed.”

“I don’t think I’ve ever had a production reviewed as being ‘perfect,’ but to my delight and surprise…”more

“Dazzling.” “Flawless; fluidly directed.”

“Genuine relationships, cogent portrayals.”

“Doesn't miss a detail; Vibrant and nostalgic.”

“A treat for eyes, ears, and psyches.”

“It’s always great to get a second chance to tackle a play as large and complex…”more

“Shakespeare exactly as you like it.”

“As always. . . the acting is subtly superb.”

“Crackles with humor and physical comedy.”

“A crowd-pleaser from start to finish.”

“This was actually my fourth production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but the first time…”more

“Joyous; inspired nonsense.” “brilliant; must-see.”

“Magical, enchanted, fun-loving, delightful, rousing.”

“Timed with military precision.” “Uniformly splendid.”

“Three Stooges, meet William Shakespeare.”

“Getting to work on our 1936, New Orleans-at-Mardi-Gras version of The Comedy of Errors a second time…”more

“Superb.”

“Memorable theater.”

“Powerful, brutally honest, yet life-affirming.”

“Well-crafted, inspirational.”

“Probably the most memorable thing about directing The Miracle Worker was…”more

“Breath-taking.”

“Raucous, highly physical, blood-soaked.”

“Theatre at its finest.” “A compelling production.”

“Bloody brilliant.”

“The third time isn’t necessarily the charm, but it sure helps…”more

“An absolute delight.”

“Not to be missed.”

“Brilliant choreography; sure direction.”

“A big holiday present of a musical.”

“I often think people who are snobs about musical theatre are simply short-sighted.  Everything I have learned…”more

“Brilliantly directed.” “Sensational. A must-see.”

“Colorful. Wild. Funny.” “A masterpiece.”

“Shakespeare on steroids.”

“A finely drawn production.”

“Steal from the best: that’s what I learned. I wish I could say that the 1930’s, New Orleans-at-Mardi Gras setting…”more

“Turns up the volume of laughter.”

“Demented; manic.”

“Enough energy and mayhem to fill the stage.”

“Slapstick and pratfalls abound.” “A grand time.”

“A director friend once told me, ‘Now that I’ve directed Noises Off, nothing will scare me again.’ Getting to work…”more

“A triumph.”

“Brilliantly conceived.”

“Ingeniously designed.”

“Enthralling storytelling.”

“One of the challenges of this production was knitting a cast of 34 actors…”more

“Exciting; powerful.” “Haunting, elegant.”

“Immensely resourceful.” “Stunning direction.”

“A polished production, authoritatively staged.”

“Potent and affecting.”

“I think it's Salieri's play -- at least in that we experience the story through his ravaged mind…”more

“Rolling in the aisles funny.”

“Exquisite.” “Hilarious staging.”

“A play not to miss, full of laughs and delight.”

“A rousing success.”

“The most important lesson, I think, was that an audience as new to Shakespeare as is GRSF’s…”more

“Incandescentremarkable.”

“Eloquentdisarmingly direct.”

“Dazzling.” “Genuinely moving.”

"Don't wait. . . a fine version you shouldn't miss."

“The opportunity to direct Romeo and Juliet at Pioneer Theatre Company gave me the chance…”more

“Superb story, brilliantly told.”

“A polished and sumptuous production.”

“Brilliant direction.” “compelling theatre.”

“Reveals a deep understanding of Shavian ideas.”

“With Shaw, it's all about the arguments. Get them clear and you're not home free, but…”more

“Superb.”

“Staged with vigor.”

“Magnificently powerful.”

“Heroic, engagingforceful.”

“I’d been itching to do another play with Tom Story, ever since we worked together on Gross Indecency…”more

“Chilling. Devastating.” “A resonating triumph.”

“Wrenchingly performed.”

“Visceral. Powerful.” “Finely drawn production.”

“A finely drawn production.”

“Just as we encourage actors not to play the end of the moment …”more

“Heart-wrenching; packs a punch.”

“Powerful; hits home; elemental.”

“A grand, bleak story, starkly told.”

“Renders the horror plainly; no ducking its punch.”

“Lear is tough. No two ways about it. And it’s really tough on a two-and-a-half-weeks-til-tech…”more

“Brilliantlucid and impassioned.”

“Inspired direction.”

“Bold.” “Impeccable.” “Fresh and sexy.”

“Mesmerizing.” “Smoking hot.”

“What I already knew about the story from my experience directing Romeo and Juliet paid off in spades…”more

“Rousing.”  “A hilarious romp.”

“Sizeable laughs; wonderful insights.”

“A comic tour de force.”

“Skillfully directed.” “Warm, witty, humane.”

“So many people told me they didn’t want to see my production of The Foreigner, I began to get…”more

“Magical.” “Fresh, inventive.”

“Delivers the magic.” “Satisfying spectacle.”

“Exuberant  engaging, enchanting.”

“Uniformly winning.” “A classic.”

Chuck Morey’s offer to direct the first west-of-the-Hudson River production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast…”more

“A high camp hit.” “ A-class treatment.”

“An expert dose of sly humor.”  “A guilty delight.”

“Radiate[s] quality and loving care.”

“Thoroughly entertaining.”

Once again, I learned to trust good material and just tell the story. Although often thought of and described as…”more

“Deeply compelling.”

“Taut, engrossing.”

“Mesmerizing.”

“Passionate theatre for historic times.”

Always talk to your designers.  As is often the case, I was working with designers who were knew to me…”more

“Explode[s] with the force of a nuclear bomb.”

“Makes you feel bright.” “artful.”

“Masterful.” “Ingenious.” “Riveting.”

“Atomic theater.” “Radioactive theatrics.”

There’s nothing like listening to an atom bomb explosion while driving at a very high speed across…”more

“Feverish laughter.” “Outlandishly stylish.”

“Shimmers with wit.” “Bubbles over with fun.”

“Energetic, undeniably high style.” “Effervescent.”

“Infectious fun.” “Brisk, fast, and funny.”

Hay Fever has been a part of my life since college.  A group of friends from summer stock days…”more

“Brilliant acting.”

“Superbly staged exquisite acting.”

“Slow-burning intensity chilling.”

“Smashing performances.” “Triumphs.”

One of my chief memories of directing A Skull in Connemarra is spending opening night flat on my back…”more

“Superb stage direction.”

“A profound theatrical experience.”

“Inspired; passionate and effective.”

“Captures the true spirit.” “Richly theatrical.”

“I first discovered Floyd Collins when I was driving from San Diego to Ashland. Needing something new…”more

“Engaging, fast-paced, wonderfully acted.”

“One of the best plays of the season.” “Flawless.”

“Compelling; grandly, entertaining.” “Mesmerizing.”

“Nothing less than perfection.” “Electrifying.”

Being picketed on opening night of Gross Indecency at Missouri Repertory Theatre was a real first…”more

“Vivid, explosive.” “Beautiful.” “Shattering.”

“Exceptionally well conceived “Engaging.”

“Gutsy.” “The heat has been turned up.”

“Magic.” “Moves like an Ellington blues.”

The Glass Menagerie was one of the first free-lance assignments to fall my way after leaving…”more

“Persuasive acting; excellent staging.”

“Highly satisfying delightful.” “Engaging.”

“Charming actors; clear story-telling.”

“Highly engaging; filled with sense and humor.”

Inevitably – and fortunately – a typical year of free-lance directing has included at least one assignment…”more