Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
"G.R. Johnson is lively as Henry and as Byron, grasping at subtlety and
sensuality."
- The New York Times
"G.R. Johnson genuinely achieves the rhapsodic, high romantic spirits of
Lord Byron."
- The Star-Ledger, NJ
Undiscovered Country
"There are sharply detailed characterizations everywhere principally by
G.R. Johnson as a dashing lieutenant."
- The Boston Globe
Romeo and Juliet
"...considerable intelligence [and] uniform excellence of its principal
performances. G.R. Johnson's Romeo is an equally convincing teenager, quick
to fall in love."
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
"The performances are nearly flawless. Johnson as Romeo makes an appealing
lovesick swain. His mop-topped good looks and sinewy physique are the stuff
of teenage dreams."
- The Trenton Times, NJ
"G.R. Johnson is a romantic Romeo, a figure of dashing charm. The famous
balcony scene was as brilliantly playful, as achingly comic, as slyly erotic
as ever..."
- Bucks County Courier-Times, PA
"This production has value if for no other reason than it offers the really
impressive performances of G.R. Johnson and Elizabeth Mestnik."
- Chestnut Hill Local, PA
The Lion in Winter
"In particular, G.R. Johnson, as King Philip of France, has that kind of
intriguing face that makes him a stage-grabber."
- The Monitor, Detroit, MI
Dracula
"There's some great acting in this show. Especially excellent players are
Jerry Richardson's Renfield and G.R. Johnson as Arthur Holmwood, who really
played a sarcastic jerk well."
- Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA
What the Butler Saw
"The farceurs assembled are an accomplished group. There's good work by G.R.
Johnson as Beckett..."
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
"G.R. Johnson plays the lecherous bellhop, who, drugged out and in drag, has
some pricelessly funny moments."
- Philadelphia Gay News
Look Homeward Angel
"G.R. Johnson as Eugene displays the easy charm and grace of a 17-year-old,
the tenderness of a young man who experiences a great loss, and the
determination of a man who must leave to survive."
- The Times-News, Hendersonville, NC
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
"As Lord Alfred Douglas, G.R. Johnson cuts an angelic figure in an English
public schoolboy style."
- Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, FL
Othello (at Shakespeare in the Park(ing Lot), East Village, NY)
"Last time I checked, there wasn't a junkie, transvestite hooker in Othello.
That's why when a strung-out looking guy in a blond wig and pink spandex
wandered on stage and leaned against a lamppost, I wondered if maybe 'she'
really was a neighborhood hooker, and not some actor. Turns out she was an
actor."
- resident.com
Comedy of Errors
"I had a great time at the play and it was great. You did great on it. You
have talent. It made me laugh when you were making those smells."
- Fan letter from Timmy, Fort Myers Elementary, FL
Seven.11.2005: seven, eleven-minute plays set in a convenience store.
"Director G.R. Johnson demonstrates remarkable versatility in finding the
right tone and rhythm for each of these very different works; with
simplicity and elegance. Seven.11.2005 is a grand celebration of
storytelling, immigrant experiences, and cross-cultural pollination. What we
have to learn from one another is just boundless."
- nytheatre.com
