On June 9 our production of Falsettos was honored with multiple awards including Outstanding Production of a Musical. Megan DeYoung won an award for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, and Patrick Anthony won for Outstanding Lighting Design.
Thank you again to the Austin critics for the recognition and for a lovely evening. Read the rest of the write up by the Austin American Statesman here.
The Austin Chronicle reviewed my work as Intimacy Director for Dirty Gold’s premier production of VENUS IN FUR calling the production deliciously dirty and theatrically gold. Also the sexiest sociological lecture in town.
Under director Roy Lazorwitz, with help from intimacy [director] Trace Turner, Dirty Gold’s Venus shoots sensual sparks…This show leaves the audience breathless, paying rapt attention to the performers’ every gulp and finger twitch.
Lazorwitz and Turner beautifully stage their growing relationship, using physical distance to enhance their delectable dance… players draw closer as the stakes – and the heat – rise.
Cat McCarrey celebrates our production of LIPSTICK by Lane Michael Stanley as a nice of pure enjoyment in 65 minutes.
Director Trace Turner, who has spearheaded some invigoratingly innovative stage work before, continues to make bold strokes with their boisterous blocking… The characters flit around each other, disappearing through doors and narrowly missing collisions, with cheeky grace.
Read the rest of the Chronicle’s review here! Thank you, Cat!
“A vibrant mix of joy, laughter, mayhem, plot-twists, and sit-com style energy” writes Victoria Schwarz of Broadway World Austin.
Trace Turner, director, crafts the interplay between characters in this show with whimsy, a deep understanding of the material, and an authentic representation of the truths and biases the LGBTQIA2S+ community navigates.
Read more about this joyful and silly show with our ‘top notch’ team here!
Kelsey Bradshaw featured Falsettos on her podcast, ‘City Cast Austin’ and called us the best show in Austin for the holidays.
“It felt almost unbelievable that the show I was watching was in a small theater in East Austin instead of Broadway or the Tony Awards or the dang moon.”
You can read her article and find the rest of the podcast here. Thank you, Kelsey!
Sabrina Wallace of Broadway World reviewed our “must-see” production of Falsettos!
“Director Trace Turner leans into the absurd humor of Finn’s lyrics, amplifying comedic moments that poke fun at Jewish culture, fractured families, and queer relationships. This approach lends the production a lighter, more accessible tone…”
Read the rest of the review here.
The Chronicle’s Cat McCrary praises Ground Floor Theatre’s production of Falsettos as unusually perfect show for the holidays among other praises.
“Director Trace Turner instructs his cast through massive feats of movement…
…It would be easy for a show like this, a Nineties touchstone addressing homosexuality in that monumental shift between free love and pandemic, to feel dated or remote. But it’s held up shockingly well…In some way, Ground Floor found a perfect holiday musical. It doesn’t shy away from the stress and neurosis. But it doesn’t shy away from the depth of love’s bonds either.
Read the rest of the review here!
Michael Barnes reviewed our production of Falsettos while reflecting the resurgence of modern gay classic theatre pieces being revived in the 2020s.
“[Turner] and his team have firmly and imaginatively placed the action in 1979 and 1981, just before and just after the onset of AIDS. Yet a subtle sense of accrued wisdom in this staging seems to say: “We’ve been here before. Remember it.””
Read more about our ‘perfect staging’ of Falsettos and the rest of the recent revivals of LGBTQ+ musicals and plays here.
