ASBURY PARK PRESS__________________________
For this final offering of its current main stage season, Robert Rechnitz's Two River Theater Company has brought in the highly regarded West Coast director Brendon Fox to supervise a seasoned squad of Equity professionals, with vocal coach Geddeth Smith prompting the American actors with a set of stage accents that are a cut above the run of the regional-theater mill. An experienced hand with the intricacies of Shakespearean comedies, Fox gets the most out of this capable cast — who cavort upon Jeremy Doucette's finely detailed set design, play to the audience where necessary and establish just the right tone among themselves. (Matthew) Boston is the star dancer in this bawdy ballet; rushing from one self-inflicted crisis to the next, all the while spinning, skidding and hopping on one foot like John Cleese at his "Fawlty Towers" best.
THE PRINCETON PACKET _________________________
Under Brendon Fox's spirited direction, a veteran cast romps through the material. Matthew Boston (seen in Julius Caesar at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey) plays our besieged Dr. Prentice with mounting desperation. Bob Sorenson steals much of the show as the state medical czar, determined to commit everybody he finds to some asylum or another with obvious glee. Amanda Rowan has a delicious time as the prospective secretary, occasionally seen with her clothes on.
John Keating (seen at McCarter in both The Tempest and The School for Scandal) has great fun as the police sergeant who gets caught up in the mayhem, as does Allison Briner as Dr. Prentice's voracious wife. And Simon Kendall (seen as young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at McCarter) plays the hotel bellhop with carnal knowledge and a few bits of clothing.
TWO RIVER TIMES _____________________________
“As the nubile young woman and the libidinous bellhop, Amanda Rowan and Simon Kendall manage to stay on top of the mayhem refreshingly."
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