Suck duck and you know what, are superb. I
don�t mean great I mean superb. Michael Farina as God with a backwards
baseball hat on, Roberta Gumbel and that little girl Chiara Navarra have
voices to die for.
-David Richardson
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"Michael J. Farina and Rachel Cohen
are in excellent form here."
- talkinbroadway.com |
The one other pleasure seeker, the masochistic
Mr. Barville, is played to the hilt by Michael J. Farina who also
doubles as a greedy landlord named Mr. Sneed.
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A CurtainUp Review
Fanny Hill
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The other
interesting thing abut "Sweet Charity' is how much play it gives to
supporting cnaracters. Michael Farina makes the best of
several small parts, then wows the audience near the finale with his
singing on "I Love to Cry at Weddings."
by John Pantalone, South County Independent.
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The lead roles are sharply acted--even the
minor part of dancehall owner Herman is terrific when Michael J.
Farina sings "I Love to Cry at Weddings."
-Bill Rodriguez, The Providence Phoenix |
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Cap Rep 'Sisters of
Swing' succeeds despite script
By Paul Lamar"One thing the script does get
right is calling for one man to play the part of various men in the women's
loves, and Cap Re has found the right man. Michael J. Farina sings, mugs, and dances with
aplomb, bringing down the house whether in drag or as Woody Woodpecker |
The
biggest laughs in the show are due to the performance of Michael J. Farina
as Gangster #1 and Kurt M. Buckler as Gangster #2. Decked in striped
suits, spats and wide-brimmed hats, they are a 1940's version of the
mobsters on The Sopranos except much funnier. Their one song, "Brush
Up Your Shakespeare, " was a true showstopper and had the audience demanding
encore after encore.
-Don Collester, Fifth Row Center |
By E. Kyle Minor
As the two Runyon-esque gangsters, Michael J. Farina and Kurt M.
Buckler stop the show cold with their "Brush Up Your Shakespeare"
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By Lee Williams
Published: Thursday, March 27, 2003
Sung by two clownish thugs who find themselves on stage by accident, the
comedic "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" was one of the favorites opening night.
Michael J. Farina and Frank Kopyc cavort about the stage in true
stooge fashion, evoking a kind of innocent humor that is all but dead now.
(KISS ME KATE; Houston's Theatre Under the Stars)
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September
21, 2002
'Kiss Me Kate' is simply 'Wunderbar'
PLAY
REVIEW: 'Kiss Me, Kate' with Cole Porter's music and lyrics has rarely
sounded more delightful or looked brighter than in the new full-scale
revival at the Westchester Broadway Theatre. By James F. Cotter For
the Times Herald-Record
Michael J. Farina
and Curt M. Buckler team up as a couple of gangsters who stop the show with
their rendition of "Brush Up Your Shakespeare."
(KISS ME, KATE; Westchester Broadway Theatre)
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Westchester/Rockland
Kiss Me, Kate Reviewed
By:
Michael Portantiere
- TheaterMania.com
Even an absolutely stellar production of Kiss Me, Kate with superb
leads can be stolen by the actors cast in the roles of Gangsters 1 and 2;
that's just the way this musical is set up. At WBT, Michael J. Farina
and Curt M. Buckler walk away with the show, partly because the shortcomings
of the rest of the cast and the production make their own work seem all the
more invaluable. Needless to say, "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" and its
encores bring down the house, but Farina and Buckler score many other times
throughout the performance.
(KISS ME, KATE; Westchester Broadway Theatre)
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December
2, 1998
Holiday on Nice
Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge learns about the yuletide season in Syracuse
Stage's A Christmas Carol
By James MacKillop - Syracuse News Times
New to the cast is scene-stealing
Michael J. Farina
as the rotund Fezziwig,
the spirit of lost jollity. Farina's dive over two barrels marks his skills
as a physical comedian, and his breath-clutching ability to hold against all
physical limits suggests operatic strengths. In a second role, almost
unrecognizable, he's Old Joe, the buyer of goods filched from the dead, a
subtle parody of Scrooge himself.
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