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"Bob is a kind of a Jackie Gleason incarnate. You'll see it in his eyes, his movements, his voice. He's got that great, great attitude and style. Fabulous. And he sings beautifully, dances brilliantly, and he was born to do the part."
Summer, Summer, Summer, Summer, Summer... Well, it's Summer....again. And here's the up-to-the-minute on what Bob & J ♥ are up to: Goodspeed was a ball. Happy Days: A New Musical went over big. Great audience response and turn-out and the powers-that- be seemed pleased with that. I did feel like I was the old dorm monitor at the Narducci House, where I stayed, what with all the Guitar Hero, Netflix, and Poker. It is THE party house in E. Haddam. At least it was when I was there. It was a gas. J ♥ was able to manage a week long visit, however. We had a great time visiting The Inn at Mystic, Captain Scott's Lobster Dock, and Kitchen Little, a wonderful breakfast spot we found in Mystic, CT. But mostly we enjoyed our time together. Because E. Haddam is so close to my home town, I was able to take a couple of trips to see my Mom. That was pretty terrific as well. Now I have a couple of weeks to spend with J ♥ in Milwaukee then it's off to Westchester Broadway Theatre to do The Producers. Looks like a few old friends from the tour will be joining me as well as some new folks I look forward to working with. We open August 7th and run into November. Speaking of J ♥ in Milwaukee, she is happy to be staying on at the Montessori Institute of Milwaukee through this next academic year. No moving for her, at least for the time being. Hope your Summer is cool and relaxing despite all this heat and humidity. Write if you get work or just want to keep in touch. Will let you know if there's anything you need to know. -Bob
Review Excerpts from the 2005/2006 tour of The Producers:
"As Max, Amaral even seems to swell physically. When he swaggers through "The
King of Broadway" - an early number that pays homage to both "Oliver!" and
"Fiddler on the Roof" - he establishes Max's character and his world in a
stroke. His big number after the scheme falls apart, "Betrayed," is a tour de
force for Amaral..." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"If Gleason was The Greatest, so is Bob Amaral. Amaral's take on Max is sensational." - Reno Gazette Journal
"Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick? Fuggeddaboudit. Fresno might not have known Bob Amaral and Andy Taylor before the glitzy national tour of "The Producers" goose-stepped into town Tuesday at the Saroyan Theatre. But by the time their characters, Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, ambled off into the sunset together, the Broadway veterans put their own indelible stamps on roles originated by Lane and Broderick." - Frezno Bee
"Amaral was especially impressive in this performance and leaves one wondering how (he) is able to shell out that much energy into a show, eight times a week."
- Berkeley Beacon
"Amaral is on full tilt throughout the show, running madly, falling over furniture and nearly getting into fistfights. All the while he is belting out tunes. It's a wonder the talented actor does not pass out." - The Star Newspapers
"Although Zero and Gene aren't around, Amaral and Taylor and the rest of the crew do Mel Brooks proud with one raunchy, anarchic tour-de-friggin-force." - Metro Times
"Bob Amaral, in the Lane role as Max, connives amusingly. . . he does the shtick with gusto." - Indy-Star
"Amaral's is very much a comedian's take on Bialystock, and he lends the lovable sleaze who can't buy a hit an air of desperate energy. His timing is also first-rate in both the single entendres and doubletakes crammed into the script." - Philadelphia Inquirer
"Bob Amaral takes on the role of Max Bialystock. He moves with grace, sings with aplomb, and delivers a joke with a flourish.... Amaral embraced the role, and the audience shook with laughter at his double takes, line deliveries and malleable face." - Arizona Daily Star
"Amaral effectively captures Bialystock's bigger-than-the-room personality." - Salt Lake City Weekly
"Bob Amaral is terrific as the sleazy, sneaky producer Max Bialystock who will do anything to make his show a flop." - Broadway-San Diego
"Amaral is a wonderful choice, filling quite adeptly the massive shoes left for him by Nathan Lane." - San Francisco Independent
"Amaral's Max - dark and sly, gregarious, with the throaty chuckle of a Borscht Belt comedian after a couple of cocktails - had the audience in his dressing-gown pocket by the second scene, when he sings the snappy "We Can Do It."... Amaral's boisterous good-naturedness is so engaging - and his comic timing so precise - that by the end, he claims Max as his own." - Fresno Bee
"Amaral is particularly delightful, delivering a version of Max that is amoral yet somehow lovable." - Reno Gazette-Journal
"Bob Amaral plays Bialystock with vaudevillian gusto as he carries out his delightfully devious scheme with his partner, the meek accountant Leo Bloom. Amaral is a gifted physical comedian who must have borscht in his veins. Forty years ago, he might well have been a featured player on ``Your Show of Shows,'' the Sid Caesar TV comedy show on which Brooks was a writer in the 1950s." - Mercury News
"Amaral has done his homework with this tough, on your toes role." - BroadwayWorld.Com
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"Amaral has a deft élan, slyly underlining jokes with his polished timing and pointed asides. His enduring Bialystock always has hope." - Sacramento Bee