[Richard Wayne] is absolutely splendid as Lord Percy, an idiotic but earnest and well-meaning sidekick whom Blackadder treats appallingly.
[Richard Wayne] plays Blackadder’s cousin, the worshipful Lord Percy, with a lively energy.
[Richard Wayne] scores as Blackadder’s often maligned and more often misled sidekick, Lord Percy.
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[Wayne]. . . knows his way around musical theatre, having performed in shows like FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and OLIVER. His voice is as big as his towering stature, which he spoofed in I Enjoy Being a Girl from FLOWER DRUM SONG and used to advantage in the duet with Enders in the all out Enough Is Enough.
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"[Richard Wayne], as [Emma's] husband, gets all the sympathy in this production because he's the nice guy who will always finish last at everything, except perhaps for squash."
"The driving force behind this production is superb acting. . . . Robert ([Richard Wayne]) . . . plays cat-and-mouse games with British civility while conversing with Jerry. He alludes to, but doesn't reveal that Emma told him about her affair with Jerry four years earlier. . . . We're treated to a handsome production that Pinter would have savored, since he relied on his actors' skills, and they deliver with finesse."
"[Richard Wayne] displays the stiffest upper lip as Robert, but gradually reveals that there is a human with feelings and secrets of his own beneath the facade. His controlled, displaced rage in a restaurant scene with Jerry and an impatient waiter is masterful."
"[Richard Wayne] brings good balance to Robert's enduring feeling for Emma and his deep fondness for Jerry."
"[Richard Wayne's] Robert plays things closer to the chest yet even so revealing the devastation he feels at the betrayals of his wife and more so even his best friend."
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"Vogel refers to her ensemble as a 'Greek Chorus' but Jacquelyn Therieau Stachel, Molly Kimmerling and [Richard Wayne] play quick-change multi-characters, from horny grampa to too-short dance partner, from showering school-chums to anti-sex grandma, from mom to an advisor on how a woman may drink (and get sloshed) with dignity. These are all shorthand-short, created with a prop or costume and disappearing sometimes seconds later."
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"The monsters gave dead-on performances, from the slovenly, track-suit wearing Patti Hathaway to the preposterously tall, slithering diva [RIchard Wayne]."
"[Director] Joe Antoun, a leading light in Boston’s cabaret scene, keeps everything briskly presentational and he is blessed with a cast that currently has the strongest pipes in town."
"[Richard Wayne] is suitably physical, part snake and part flamenco dancer, as the bitchy Body."
Brian Jewell, South End News, September 21, 2006
"Among the rest of the cast, [Richard Wayne] as Body (as in 'Well, I think we can declare gravity the winner' as he scans Sam's less than toned torso) is the highlight, particularly during the catty but clever 'Make the Most of What Little You've Got.' He struts about the stage like the love child of Paul Lynde and Project Runway's Tim Gunn and succeeds in spite of the odds because of exactly how far over the top he goes with the gay style guru stereotype."
Jennifer Bubriski, EDGE Boston, September 14, 2006
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