“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.”
Tag: reviews
Small Town Story reviews
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
Like You Like It Reviews
WINNER
OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL
NY IT AWARDS
CRITICS’ PICK
BACKSTAGE
“…THIS SEASON‘S 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
…And Then I Wrote A Song About It reviews
“Buck demonstrates just from the ideas for songs that he’s
A LYRICIST WITH WHOM TO BE RECKONED.“
Peter Filichia
The 7-Year B*tch Reviews
WINNER
OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL
TALKIN’ BROADWAY
“Hilarious… Delicious… Side-splitting.“
Peter Filichia
“THE MOST DEPRESSING HILARIOUS THING I‘VE SEEN IN A WHILE, OR ELSE THE MOST HILARIOUS DEPRESSING THING…”
Seth Christenfeld
StinkyKids Reviews
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
“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
Common Grounds reviews
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