Pre-2005 archive

OKLAHOMA! FIRST NATIONAL TOUR

“Bruce Warren portrayed a frightening and effective Jud Fry and filled the hall with his powerful baritone voice.”

-Katharine Enoch, The Appleton Lawrentian

“Bruce Warren is a disturbing Jud Fry. Warren has the ability to chill the audience simply with a look or a posture. However, his ‘Lonely Room’ and early scenes add dimension to the character, eliciting some sympathy for the lost soul.”

-Carrie Gruman Trinkner, The Appleton Post-Crescent

MERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE

“Given the size of the character's shoes and the name of performer Bruce Warren in the program, one should expect that Mary's a drag role. But Warren's singing (a falsetto?) is so convincing, the audience should not be judged naive for thinking it might be a woman under all that bulk.”

-James MacKillop, Syracuse New Times

“The von Trapp house guests, Elsa and Max, also generate more fun than they have been in other productions. Bruce Warren is probably 20 years too young to play agent Max Detweiler, but who could tell. A master of disguise, Warren scored high in the drag role of Mary Sunshine in last month's Chicago; looking at his goateed Max, it's hard to believe it's the same guy. With his rolling eyes and precise manners, Warren's Max becomes a witty evocation of an inter-war bon vivant like Monty Woolley.”

-James MacKillop, Syracuse New Times

“Recent Ithaca College graduate Bruce Warren equals or exceeds the polish of every out-of-town professional he's paired with. His portrayal of Tateh, first with a beard and impenetrable accent, later glides into reincarnation as the filmmaking “Baron Ashkenazy” who dreams of bringing together the races and classes in what sounds like Our Gang comedies.”

-James MacKillop, Syracuse New Times