David Edwards Online
Actor | Director | Theatre Professional
RECENT RAVES:
*** AS ROGER DE BRIS IN THE PRODUCERS AT THE GATEWAY PLAYHOUSE: "David Edwards as Roger milks the role for all the political incorrectness that makes "The Producers" so refreshing..." "...well played: David Edwards as flamboyant Roger..." "David Edwards is a riot as Roger..." "David Edwards, as the flamboyantly gay director, Roger DeBris, has an opening entrance to savor..." AS LUMIERE IN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AT THE GATEWAY PLAYHOUSE:
"Oh, the heartbreak when Cogsworth points to his stiff pendulum-clock chest and Lumiere holds out his bulbous candlestick arms...the supporting actors do their good-natured best to steal the show... AS GUY PENELLE IN PARIS AT MUSICALS TONIGHT!: Edwards has a great deal of personality as Vivienne’s co-star Guy who ingratiates himself with Cora, as well as demonstrating his fine baritone." "A stunning showcase for Edwards." "He savors the comedic flavor of the script." Photos above courtesy of Gateway Playhouse. |
THE LATEST:
Fresh off his dramatic turn as Colonel Jessup in A FEW GOOD MEN, David returns to help workshop a musical based on the life story of CALIGULA along with Tony-nominated actor Euan Morton in the title role. David plays Tiberius, uncle to the notorious Roman emporer in this glam rock tuner, directed by Christopher Presley and penned by Eric Svejcar. The workshop runs this month in conjunction with the Lafayette Fringe Festival in Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile his acclaimed production of THE PRODUCERS is still playing at the Westchester Broadway Theatre...
"[Edwards] brings a sure, deft hand for timing, choregraphy and nuance that paces the madcap show that sprawls and ripples like a too tight dress on a buxom blonde -- it's overflowing cleavage, the works -- too much to take in all at once, yet comprehensive, dramatic, and spectacularly schmaltzy and schnappsy to this box office sure-thing."
--John F Bailey, White Plains CitizeNet Reporter
"David Edwards is the busy director and he's supplemented the original stage business with a few sly, vulgar touches of his own. He's steered the equally busy cast which doubles and redoubles in parts with speed and amazing clarity."
--Chesley Plemmons, The News-Times
"Its revival at the Westchester Broadway Theater is handsome, polished and delightful to see on the wide-open apron stage, with exciting direction by David Edwards."
-- James F. Cotter, Times-Herald Record
"...compares favorably to the original over and over, in David Edwards’ staging, in performances, in production values. If you saw Mel Brooks’ crazy, vulgar, blatantly riotous comedy on Broadway, you’d find every bit of it here, the shtick, the slapstick, the corny jokes, the outrageously salacious humor, the unexpectedly catchy tunes, just as broadly funny, just as happily tasteless, as bawdy, as successful as in the original Broadway run."
-- Eugene Paul, www.theatrescene.net
"Fans of Mel Brooks’ 'The Producers,' from the original 1968 Gene Wilder/Zero Mostel film to the 2001 Tony Award winning Broadway play with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, will love the Westchester Broadway Theater’s production....WBT in Elmsford has produced Broadway-caliber dinner theater."
--Suzanne Rothberg, North County News
"[Edwards] pulls out all the stops at Westchester, and assembled a cast that understands true comedy and is giving audiences an evening of non-stop laughter."
-- Fran Sikorski, www.acorn-online.com
"[Edwards] mines the script for all its nuances—and all its humor."
-- Gary Chattman, www.thecheappop.com
You can drink in this production of THE PRODUCERS, the all-time record holder for Tony Awards, from August 7 to November 15, 2008 which teams David up with fellow National Tour veterans Bob Amaral and Joel Newsome. Matthew Vargo of the same tour choreographs. Buy tickets...
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