Critical Response
“The second half of the show is a payoff sweet as honey, not only because it features a gleeful reunion of the bee friends but because it contains
a swarm of musical numbers.”
noSIGNAL review, Seattle Times, May 5, 2006
“Line One is utterly, paradoxically, delightful.”
Seattle Times, February 25, 2004
“The inventor of linger, Starball, and now Line One makes inventive, spontaneous work that is totally, totally entertaining.” “Line One has got brains, guts, a wild streak, a great sense of humor…Go see it. You’ll be sorry if you don’t.”
The Stranger, February 26, 2004
“Kaufmann paints a picture of the push-and-pull that often occurs between the woman, her medical providers, and whoever else happens to be present.”
Date of Birth review, Seattle Times, February 3, 2006
“Director/adaptor John Kaufmann and his designers, Jenny Anderson and Webster Crowell, do come up with quite a few ingenious
and intriguing production touches.”
Antony and Cleopatra review,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 24, 2004
“Kaufmann and assistant Dan Dennis manage to turn their geekiness into a show of unassuming playfulness. They also manage to use both improvisational acting and audience interaction to rare advantage.”
Starball review, Seattle Times, August 20, 2002
“Through original music, live performance, and a healthy soupcon of eccentricity, this bizarre pageant of dreams, stars, and accordion music…is sure to charm your quirky-hip sensibilities with its feel-good weirdness.”
Starball, from “the Stranger Suggests”
The Stranger, August 15, 2002
“Original, engaging, and really, really funny…linger is good. Really good.”
The Stranger, August 30, 2000
Links to Full Reviews:
Starball: Seattle Times Starball: The Stranger Starball: The Stranger
Antony and Cleopatra: The P.I. Antony and Cleopatra: The Stranger
Line 1: The Stranger Line 1: Seattle Times
Date of Birth: Seattle Times Date of Birth: Seattle Weekly
Piledriver: The Stranger Piledriver: Tablet Preview Piledriver: PI Review
