What the critics have said. Click on the links for full reviews.
Plain Tidings: Forever Plaid
Forever Plaid needs a vibrant chemistry plus be able to powerfully play off each other along with performing well musically. Well, this cast certainly has that in spades! If you are a fan of standards and pop tunes, you are going to enjoy this show. And if you’re a fan of Christmas songs (and I know I am) you are REALLY going to enjoy this show.
Chris' Corner
Chris' Corner
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"It was like seeing a tornado approach your house from miles away...a raw, honest play, performed by actors who understand that." Betsie Freeman
Omaha World Herald
"Edward Albee wrote an incredible drama and Gordon Cantiello has directed an incredible stage play version...with four very talented performers." Loyal Fairman
Daily NonPareil
"The power of Albee’s words combined with a superior cast will take the audience along on a bitter, intense roller coaster ride...not an easy show to watch, but it is enthralling." Christopher Elston
Chris' Corner
Omaha World Herald
"Edward Albee wrote an incredible drama and Gordon Cantiello has directed an incredible stage play version...with four very talented performers." Loyal Fairman
Daily NonPareil
"The power of Albee’s words combined with a superior cast will take the audience along on a bitter, intense roller coaster ride...not an easy show to watch, but it is enthralling." Christopher Elston
Chris' Corner
My Way - A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra
"Director Gordon Cantiello has put together an excellent, entertaining production...If you like the songs of Frank Sinatra, you will love this production." Loyal Fairman
Daily NonPareil, 8/17/17
Daily NonPareil, 8/17/17
"The highlight of the last evening for me was the melancholy "It Was a Very Good Year." The way it was sung by the four accomplished vocalists separately and together in beautiful harmony, the tinkling of the keys on the piano...it was lovely and heartfelt." Christine Swerczek
Broadway World, 8/11/17
Broadway World, 8/11/17
Beehive
"'...all of a sudden, lines of people would stretch out the door and around the building. The audiences were cool. It was just magic'. Not to mention a sensation. The local version of an off-Broadway show about the evolving music and the changing times of the 1960s ran for 10 months and 220 performances at the Howard Street Tavern." Mike Kelly
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Always...Patsy Cline
"Kellyn Danae Wooten is perfect in the part of the country western singer who had a short-lived career. You don’t have to love country music to enjoy this two-hour musical production." Loyal Fairman
Daily NonPareil, 8/11/2016
Daily NonPareil, 8/11/2016
Tuesdays With Morrie
"This is an incredible play that director Gordon Cantiello has worked with two very talented actors and it is a must see. Their performances are stellar. I highly recommend bringing a box of tissues because it will move your heart and your soul." Loyal Fairman
"...two impressively natural and believable performances by actors John Hatcher and Michael Lyon in a fine play about the limitations of time, the finite nature of life." Gordon Spencer
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
"Let me add to the rave reviews Tiffany White Welchen has received for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in the Performing Artists Repertory Theatre production of “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.” Choose whatever words of praise you wish to describe her performance – bravura, tour de force, scintillating, lights out, brilliant, mesmerizing, moving, multi-layered, multi-textured – and they all apply to what she does in this show." Leo Adam Biga