Tony Gonzalez

Teaching a Robot to Love (the Musical)

tony gonzalez · June 12, 2022 certified reviewer
You will leave feeling moved and grinning from this energetic, uplifting, and surprisingly emotional musical from the singularly crafty mind of Laser, with more than one ear-worm from co-composers and music director Aaron Wilson, shepherded by the comedic direction of Ashley Ward, and performed by a vocally adept cast full of energy and playing all the right emotional beats.... full review

BEYOND - Unemployed. Finally.

tony gonzalez · June 26, 2015 certified reviewer
I smile as I write this... Heather Dowling is such an effective, relatable, and FUNNY storyteller. The thread is clear: a woman's journey from a life seemingly composed of digressions (very entertaining and sometimes moving ones) to a place of excited focus, bursting with potential energy. Heather plays a huge variety of characters whose physical and vocal nuances are varied and distinctive. Strung throughout each phase of her life, however dissatisfying or distracting or potentially heartbreakin... full review

Sleeping Around

tony gonzalez · June 07, 2015 uncertified reviewer
TU's performance of "Sleeping Around" was a pleasantly diverse buffet of different characters and their dysfunctional, disappointing, and diverting sex lives. The play's structure, overlapping duet scenes that kept a revolving door of these colorful characters, coupled with a simplicity of set design and scene transitions kept the play moving with great momentum. Every actor had a couple of scenes to bring to life the sometimes amusing, sometimes heartbreaking reality of their romantic lives. The... full review