Reviews

  • it has more to say about kindness and hope,

    helping adults and children alike believe that the world may just hold more good people than bad.”

    Betsie Freeman, Omaha World-Herald

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  • TOP TEN

    NJ PRODUCTIONS OF 2018

    NJ ARTS

    A VERY TIMELY SHOW

    that portrays the divisions in our country and thoughtfully addresses them.”

    BroadwayWorld

    A WORK OF EXPLOSIVE POWER

    with likeable but flawed characters dealing with the kind of familial and identity problems that anyone can relate to.”

    NJ Arts
  • WINNER

    OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL

    NY IT AWARDS

    CRITICS’ PICK

    BACKSTAGE

    “…THIS SEASONS BEST NEW MUSICAL.

    …Excellent songs. Who could have imagined that good times could still be had in malls?”

    Mark Peikert, BACKSTAGE

    “Buck’s liberty-taking is the kind of which it’s said,

    IF SHAKESPEARE WERE ALIVE TODAY, HE WOULD HAVE WRITTEN LIKE THIS.

    David Finkle, THEATREMANIA

    Like You Like It will wind up being produced extensively in high schools.

    Peter Filichia

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  • “Buck demonstrates just from the ideas for songs that he’s

    A LYRICIST WITH WHOM TO BE RECKONED.

    Peter Filichia

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  • WINNER

    OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL

    TALKIN’ BROADWAY

    Hilarious Delicious Side-splitting.

    Peter Filichia

    THE MOST DEPRESSING HILARIOUS THING IVE SEEN IN A WHILE, OR ELSE THE MOST HILARIOUS DEPRESSING THING…”

    Seth Christenfeld

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  • WINNER

    BEST FAMILY SHOW

    OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE

    HILARIOUS LYRICS.

    It’s always a welcome surprise when the show ends up being endearing, funny and entertaining to both the kids and the parents in the audience.”

    Erin Leigh Peck, BROADWAYWORLD

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    Buck has raised the stakes.

    Humor helps avoid preachiness… characters also learn a lesson, but you won’t have to hold your nose: there’s no whiff of sanctimony here.”

    Laurel Graeber, THE NEW YORK TIMES

    engaging and enjoyable throughout very smart.

    For example, Britt and her two feuding friends break into a clever number about the differences in chewing gum. On its own, it’s a funny song, but it’s also a thoughtful way to explore the characters’ differences, and the conflict that these sometimes create.”

    NEW YORK THEATRE.COM
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    WINNER

    MOST PROMISING NEW MUSICAL

    NYMF (HONORABLE MENTION)

    “We are in a world that even while it may look like New York in 2006, probably is better known to the likes of Samuel Beckett and James Joyce, masters of the modern psyche and probable inadvertent spiritual fathers to this

    WONDROUS DANCE MUSICAL.

    curtainup.com

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  • EVOKES DR. SEUSSS TALE The Lorax.

    Laurel Graeber, THE NEW YORK TIMES

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  • REFRESHINGLY CLEVER.

    Laurel Graeber, THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Interviews

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    BROADWAYWORLD

    Read a conversational blog, between director Igor Goldin and me, about the show.

  • VAMPIRE STAKEDOWN

    In November, 2009, I participated in the Paley Center’s “Vampire Stakedown” Event.
    Here’s the recap.

  • “YES, AND”

    In other, surreal news…
    Check out this column about improvising. I’m quoted. AND it’s on
    cnn.com!

  • JEWISH HERALD VOICE & HOUSTON CHRONICLE

    Read the Jewish Herald Voice and The Houston Chronicle interviews with me about the production at Theatre Under the Stars in Houston.