Critic's are running
off at the mouth about
DEAD BRIDE RUNNING:
“...Prolific local director Rick Sparks teamed with actor-scribe
Alice Vaughn to pen this zany comedy...Splendid performances...Tamara Zook
is a rubber-faced, comedian of incomparable skill...Lisa Joffrey is a deliriously
funny scene-stealer...there's not a weak link in the spirited ensemble...Sparks'
knack for creating visually arresting and aurally vibrant imagery is in top
form...fluid set...sharp lighting ...witty costumes...campy hair and makeup
designs...clever soundtrack...sidesplitting film footage...”
Les Spindle
BackStage West
“...you’ll be laughing from start to finish...Tamara
Zook is very funny indeed as the Dead Bride Running. She's funny even doing
nothing, just gazing out into space with a dazed bug-eyed stare. John Jr.
is brought to geeky life by the comically gifted Criag Anton...and there's
an unexpected (and well staged) musical production number...Rick Sparks, whose
recent Twentieth Century revived the comic style of 1930's Hollywood, does
equally well at staging a much crazier type of humor here...perfectly chosen
musical sountrack...
some of the funniest actors working in L.A...”
Steve Stanley
LAStageScene.com
“ ...Sparks (master of many talents) also directs the
farce, with fast paced, whacked out vision!...Tamara Zook is wide eyed perfection
as the fleeing bride... This is one crazy, ”laugh out loud” experience,
folks...a trip to the outer limits of reality!... the audience fell apart
in laughter...if you’re up for a zany good time, and a ‘campy,”
outrageous journey, this is it!...”
Pat Taylor
Nite Lights/The Tolucan Times
“...This is the kind-of universally appealing play that
I could see moving to Off-Broadway after the L.A. run...”
Karen Salkin
Beverly Hills People Magazine
“It takes a gifted creative team to write and produce
a hit original show. Such is the case with DEAD BRIDE RUNNING... The impassioned
Rick Sparks and Alice Vaughn ... due to their comic genius and a fantastic
cast, turns into a 70-minute nonstop entertainment. The consummate Tamara
Zook ... gets to strut her versatile stuff... Has all the ear marks of a late-night
cult hit - one that audiences will flock to just because it’s so damn
funny, zany and outrageous.”
Don Grigware
ReveiwPlays.com