Reviews

Flight of the lawnchair man/3HREE

“Hey, they do write ‘em like they used to! FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN sends the audience out in its own lighthearted reverie with the giddiness of helium. Tuneful and varied songs by Robert Lindsey-Nassif. A simple ballad called “The Air Is Free,” the sentiment the show trumpets -- dreams are available -- is pungent enough to make you cry. Achieves the palpably energizing force of a transfusion. Irresistible! On the evidence here, it seems certain we’ll be hearing much more from the creators.” The New York Times


“The show...lifts off and soars. Manages to charm, uplift and inspire great hope for the future of the American musical. The show delivers one show-stopping bit after another. LAWNCHAIR MAN has all its cylinders, or propellers, or balloons, working in unison, and it’s a joyful, wacky accomplishment." Variety

“THE FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN [is] wildly imaginative and consistently hilarious. The musical, directed with brilliance by the peerless Harold Prince, soars on literal and metaphorical wings from the moment it begins." The Press-Enterprise

“FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN, [is a] marvel of a musical! The audience’s high when it leaves the theater puts them right up there in the stratosphere. This wonderfully sappy, funny and finally touching pocket-size musical is filled with invention and charm.” The Hollywood Reporter

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Eliot Ness in Cleveland

Taut, absorbing. A musical of great style and crisp wit...proving that in the musical world nothing is untouchable if handled with style.” Variety 

“Eliot Ness is single-handedly redeeming American musical theater. I predict that ELIOT NESS...IN CLEVELAND is destined to follow in the respectable footsteps of its spiritual siblings THREEPENNY OPERA and SWEENEY TODD.” The Boulder Camera

“This is musical theater that is pulsing, power-packed, vital and visionary. ELIOT NESS IN CLEVELAND will leave you breathless. The next landmark of the American musical stage. It must be seen to be believed.” Out in Denver

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Honky-Tonk Highway

One of the most thoroughly enjoyable evenings in town! The songs by Robert Lindsey-Nassif are remarkable. Run, don’t walk!” Backstage, New York

“A seamless succession of 20 delightful songs, high kickin’ dance numbers and down-home dialogue laced with humor and twang. It’s the real thing.” Chicago Sun-Times

“Buoyant and entertaining. An astonishing tour de force.” The Herald, Connecticut

 “A new classic. Well-paced, good-natured and tuneful.” Chicago Tribune

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Opal

“A splendid musical. Robert Lindsey-Nassif has captured the enchanting strangeness of a diary written by a shipwrecked seven year old girl.  Real adults in a real world, but seen through one child’s eyes.  Mr. Lindsey-Nassif’s lovely music...draws one into a place of magical transformations.  It is a rare achievement.”      New York Times

“A mesmerizing musical gem.  OPAL is brimming with ideas and overflowing with heart.  Robert Lindsey-Nassif’s musical is a moving, entertaining fantasy about the mysteries of the human heart. The particular achievement of OPAL is the relative ease with which Lindsey combines a delightful family fairy tale with a thoroughly adult sense of emotional reality...conveying the simultaneous sophistication and innocence of Nassif’s remarkable creation.”  Weekend Plus (A Forbes Publication)

“Bravo!  I’d gladly watch this musical gem again!  A resourceful, melodic score. “The New York Voice

“Something to Sing About!  OPAL is a resounding success. A gem of a musical.  It is an irresistible and utterly universal story of a girl trying to fit into a world foreign to her. Lindsey-Nassif's score is melodic and complex. A musical that deserves to be produced by theaters across the country. OPAL is an extraordinary achievement.”   Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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