DOG ACT
Raves for DOG ACT by Liz Duffy Adams
February 16, 2011 3:22 PM
Stage Dive: Your Anti-Spider-Man Master Cleanse
"Liz Duffy Adams has...a genuinely crystalline ear for rough, poetic dialogue; a handful of simple, honest themes--possibilities for kindness in a savage world, guilt as a luxury and a form of selfishness-in lieu of sprawling world-building; and, most crucially, the savage talents of the Flux Theater Ensemble." - Scott Brown, New York Magazine
‘Dog Act’ at the Flamboyan Theater - Review
"In Ms. Adams' decimated world, Vaudeville troupes are the battered but proud storytellers, representatives of a lost culture whose traditions, from Shakespeare to spirituals, have been scrambled, as if passed through a children's game of telephone...the show does go on, and the roughly two hours you spend in its company aren't bad ones...hilarity and drama ensue." – Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times
"Chris Wight as Dog gives a subdued performance that is heartbreakingly earnest and provides necessary anchor to Parquet's bombastic Zetta...Flux's production of Dog Act is a thoroughly enjoyable night of theatre. Exceedingly well executed on all fronts, this is a play that feels both contemporary and timeless, one I imagine will take its well-deserved place in the canon." - Will Fulton, nytheatre.com
Dog Act
"Adams mixes vaudeville, Shakespeare, and Mad Max...a brilliant blend of savagery and poignancy, the play succeeds in being humorous and thoughtful in equal measures, an elegy for humanity and a rollicking road story. A highly recommended experience.” *Editor’s Pick* - John Peacock, Flavorpill
Dog Act - Clemente Soto Velez Center (Flamboyan Theater) - NY, NY Events | Metromix New York
“A rundown pair of wandering players have only words to help them outwit con artists and scavengers in the post-apocalyptic America of Dog Act. But what words! Their speech has echoes of old frontier style: they're not just “tired,” they're “bare-ragged and foot-fagged.” It's a funky patois that lead actress Lori Parquet speaks like it's the most natural way in the world to talk…Flux Theater has unearthed a cool script by a highly original playwright. Liz Duffy Adams demos an audacity that's common in film and literature but rare in drama…Dog Act is wonderful on the ears.” – Aaron Grunfeld, Metromix
Dog Act | StageGrade
“A- : The passionate reactions of folks like Wendy Caster of Show Showdown and Jon Sobel of Blogcritics.org--whose reviews both invoke a stirring this-is-what-theater-is-for sentiment--carry the day. There's also strong praise for the performers and for Jason Paradine's set.”
"Dog Act is...extremely entertaining, breathtakingly imaginative, and quite funny...Adams and director Kelly O'Donnell, with the help of a wonderful cast and a superb creative team, bring to life an entire world, fascinating and frightening...as a reviewer, I sometimes feel jaded...then I see something like Dog Act (although there really isn't anything like Dog Act) and I am reminded of theatre's power and beauty." – Wendy Caster, Show Showdown
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"If you dig Shakespeare, you’ll probably get a kick out of Dog Act...Dog Act requires an ambitious company of players to take on Adams’s frenetic and intense word-play. Fortunately the cast, the director Kelly O’Donnell, and the production crew were up to the task....It is a show well worth your time. See it now before these Vaudevillians pull up their stakes and move on." - Bonnie Prince Billy, Cultural Capitol
"Mystifying yet enthralling...Flux Theatre Ensemble does a fine job: Parquet and Wight share a terrific chemistry, the sort that can sum up a history in a few sidelong glances...an entertaining reminder that all the world's a stage..." – Aaron Riccio, That Sounds Cool
Flux Theatre Ensemble: Dog Act Review: Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
"This Dog Act, well directed by Kelly O'Donnell and superbly cast, turns out to be more than just good, and sharper than just fine...Dog Act reminded me of why I'm in theatre... Don't miss it." - Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
Flux Theatre Ensemble: Dog Act Review: Joshua Bambino, Theatre Is Easy
"Dog Act is an innovative, playfully dark comedy that will romance your love for the magic of theatre." - Joshua Bambino, Theatre Is Easy
The Happiest Medium » Dog Act – All This World’s A Traveling Stage
“Adams’ script, as well as her story, has an innate rhythm and melody which is captured uniquely by each member of the cast…Wight’s Dog provides the deeper, more mournful tones which bring you to the dark spots of this land’s history and culture. His story is aching and bittersweet – a good man with a bad past…Kelly O’Donnell’s intuitive direction intertwines these melodies to orchestrate the landscape of Adams’ Dog Act and deliver a fully realized, perfectly created piece of theatre.” - Karen Tortora-Lee, The Happiest Medium
