THE MORNING CALL, July 12, 2006
by Myra Yellin Outwater
"Civic Theatre's production of the musical masterpiece by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, was billed as a concert version with minimal staging and no sets. But under Artistic Director William Sanders' imaginative direction, the production became a mini-extravaganza, filled with so much action, excitement and talent that it was easy to understand why it sold out last weekend's two-performance run, a benefit for the theater."
"Sanders amassed an amazing group of artists."
"New York Equity artists A.J. Irvin, Melisa Klausner and Gerard Lebeda were inspired choices for the three leads."
"Lebeda as the Cuban Marxist Che Guevara literally stole the show. Lebeda is an amazingly versatile actor with a superb and powerful voice and the physicality to effortlessly serve as keen-eyed observer, cynical commentator and a doubting Thomas. When the lights were on him, he became a one-man show." |
