REVIEWS

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THE PIG, THE FARMER, AND THE ARTIST - NY INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL

Time Out New York, Thursday, August 19, 2010
"The talented cast, spot-on music and sophisticated direction (by A. Scott Parry) make this a farm you’ll be happy to buy."

Backstage.com, Saturday, August 21, 2010
"Under A. Scott Parry's nimble direction, the 10-person cast is universally good."

MACBETH - DES MOINES METRO OPERA

The Des Moines Register, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
--- Action-packed 'Macbeth' grabs attention
"What happens is an action-packed thriller, with all the shifty-eyed intrigue you'd expect from Shakespeare's classic, and it moves quickly, thanks to staging by director A. Scott Parry."

COSÌ FAN TUTTE - PEABODY CONSERVATORY

The Baltimore Sun, Friday, November 20, 2009
--- 'Così' deftly mixes humor, seriousness
"Director A. Scott Parry tossed in several freshly funny bits to the familiar action, and he got the students to handle their assignments with an admirable ease of movement, generating in the process a firm ensemble effort."

THE PIG, THE FARMER, AND THE ARTIST - THE GENE FRANKEL THEATRE

talkentertainment.com, Friday, October 16, 2009
"Quite original. The production is very funny and never boring. Director A. Scott Parry has done a masterful job of keeping the ball rolling with clever staging and delightfully clever costumes."

nytheatre.com, Friday, October 9, 2009
"Parry directs with the lightest of touches, giving us a production that honors the music and the performers and the audience's intelligence and imagination, with only the barest suggestion of set. Costumes by Parry, are on-the-nose in their memorable blend of simplicity and splashiness."

LA CENERENTOLA - FLORIDA GRAND OPERA

The Sun-Sentinel, Friday, January 30, 2009
--- Florida Grand Opera scores with clever staging of 'La Cenerentola'
"Florida Grand Opera's track record on comedies in general, and those of Rossini in particular, has been less than stellar because of inconsistent casting and directors who larded on the slapstick and other lowbrow stage business. Happily, the company's current production of Rossini's La Cenerentola serves up a witty, delightful staging of the Cinderella story."

The Miami Herald, Monday, January 26, 2009
--- Florida Grand does Rossini right with charming, delightful "Cenerentola"
"Director Parry handled the stage with alert coordination of music and action, keeping the farce moving and allowing the singers their comic moments, while occasionally lifting the veil on the sadness that underlies the surface frivolity."

El Nuevo Herald, Martes, 03 de Febrero, 2009
--- 'La Cenerentola', una magia que funciona
"En este ritmo general hay que felicitar al director de escena A. Scott Parry, que en su primer trabajo con la FGO ya ha sabido demonstrar qué puede hacerse con una ópera cómica y que no sólo la música basta para mantener el espectáculo. Ojalá vuelva a colaborar con esta compañía."

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE - OPERA PACIFIC

Opera News, Thursday, October 23, 2008
"It is directed very well - that is, with an eye for not letting the gags get out of hand. A. Scott Parry directed cleverly, listening to the music and taking his cue from there. The gags weren't uproarious - Figaro spinning bags of coins like a pair of pasties, Rosina ripping apart a flower to get to the "he loves me!" quicker, Basilio repeatedly stroking a strand of his icky hair - and were all the better for it. He didn't cheat."

THE ELIXIR OF LOVE - OPERA PACIFIC

Long Beach Press Telegram, Friday, April 13, 2007
--- Comic Opera, Texas Style
"That it works wonderfully well is a credit to director A. Scott Parry, who uses every bit of local color to effect. Parry deserves credit not only for the clever direction of a cast that knows how to act, but for the clever and idiomatic supertitles that he wrote."

The Los Angeles Times, Friday, April 13, 2007
--- 'Elixir' a tasty concoction, as served by Opera Pacific
"Opera Pacific has a hit on its hands with Donizetti's 1832 comic opera, "The Elixir of Love." Parry has put his own imprint on the staging and also created the idiomatic supertitles. This is one not to miss."