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reviews: The Summer of the Swans

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Lucille Lortel Theatre
New York, NY
2003
 
 

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"...excellent drama...superior acting....The perform-ances...are uniformly excellent....Those who see this show can count themselves among the fortunate."
   

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"JOHN LLOYD YOUNG's portrayal of [mentally disabled Charlie] is startlingly accurate.  He shows joy without a smile, grace in awkward gestures, fear through silent tears."
   

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"This nuanced depiction [of developmentally disabled Charlie] feels very real, especially since Charlie is played unostentatiously by...JOHN LLOYD YOUNG, who brings to the role an unwavering focus and a rubbery face that can crumple silently with emotion."
   


 


"...JOHN LLOYD YOUNG (is) evocatively wordless..."
   

"Director Joe Calarco's fantastically well-drilled young cast is extremely committed....JOHN LLOYD YOUNG is moving as Charlie."
 
   
The New Voice of New York
 

"...Charlie is played convincingly by JOHN LLOYD YOUNG in a difficult part."
   

 		 "...sophistication...surfaces...in the story and performance...an energetic cast..."
   

 

"The energetic cast...make the characters extremely winning."
   

"As Charlie, JOHN LLOYD YOUNG...does a most convincing job as a young teenager trapped in the confines of a short-circuited brain, having the intellectual capacity of a two-year old."
   
 

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