Throughout the proceedings, whether on stage alone or with others, Starr is a remarkably affable, game and warm presence, rather imperceptibly making the entire audience a willing conspirator in all this silliness and dispelling (as best as he can) a...
Garry Starr: Classic Penguins Off-Broadway Reviews
Critics' Reviews
Your enjoyment of Garry Starr will depend on your tolerance for its audacious mode of comedy as provocation. Warren-Smith has a fascinating rapport with the audience: relaxed but commanding, and ingratiating enough to lure the unsuspecting into his N...
Garry Starr: Classic Penguins: Much Ado About Nothing On
The show, directed by Cal McCrystal, is pure escapist fare. Far from a classic itself, Garry Starr may not be for everyone, but at just over an hour, you can’t quite write it off. And judging by the enthusiastic reception at show’s end, it’s ha...
Garry Starr: Classic Penguins: Naked Laughter
Subsequent performances of Garry Starr: Classic Penguins are likely to vary somewhat according to the whims of the audience, of course, but director Cal McCrystal coordinates some apt, effective sound and lighting cues to enhance this quick series of...
A Naked Tour of the Literary Canon
If you’re wincing or rolling your eyes, I did both, initially. But to Mr. Warren-Smith’s credit, he channels his inner clown with such breezy wit and benevolence that you may find “Garry Starr: Classic Penguins” charming in its unapologetic, ...
'Garry Starr: Classic Penguins' Off-Broadway review — baring it all in the name of books, and birds
Garry Starr is trying to save literacy and penguins. Surely if people understand the Penguin Classic books, the penguins and the books will both be saved from extinction. One by one, Garry takes audiences through a series of hallowed Penguin Classics...
The uninhibited nakedness, from the moment he directly addresses the audience, sets the uproarious tone and serves as the center of his madcap performance. Needless to say, this “classics stripped bare show” comes with a warning: the production i...
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