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SERENADING
LOUIE |
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"...all
four of the young performers here do commendable work...John Samuel
Jordan is convincing as Alex, projecting particularly well the longstanding
camaraderie with Carl and Mary that's lacking in his relationship
with his wife." |
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| PROOF
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| “Proof is Genius! With
wit, candor and grace, Jordan slides his role from compelling to masterful
with the greatest of ease” |
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| – Daniel Brewer,
The Independent Weekly |
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“New Stage production of Proof a darn good play…Bursi [Catherine] and Jordan play off each other's energy, resulting in tangible chemistry on stage…The production of the play is excellent” |
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– Lori Herring, The Clarion-Ledger |
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JACK KEROUAC – LAST CALL by Tom O'Neil 13th Street Repertory Company, New York , NY April-July 2002 |
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| “Jack is played perfectly by John Jordan…[his] performance throughout is exceptional…[he] seems to slip right into Kerouac's emotional skin” | |
| - Salvatore
Tuzzeo Jr., The Bergen Record |
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“ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING…John Jordan grounds the action as the dying writer” |
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– Martin Denton, nytheatre.com |
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| “A THEATRICAL JAM SESSION…[Kerouac's] surreal self-examination was handled with intelligence and intensity by actor [John] Jordan ” | |
| – Elias Stimac,
oobr |
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“The show is headlined by John Jordan, a talented actor who is clearly able to draw on his working class roots—born a coal miner's grandson—in developing the lead role of Kerouac…There's no false attempt here by the actor to duplicate the look or sound of Kerouac. Instead, Jordan's Kerouac is a substantial figure autonomous unto himself, apart from a strictly factual depiction…From the very first passages of the play, Jordan helps us to see how utterly Kerouac is bemused both by his talent and his torment, and throughout Jordan tempers his performance to the commingling of these twinned strains…Jordan builds up a truly climactic depiction of his character's inner turmoil while reciting the Hail Mary prayer” |
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- George Wallace, The Long Islander |
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| “John Jordan offers a powerful, revealing, emotionally exhausting performance…DYNAMIC PERFORMANCES of Jordan, Pierson and Smith…the viewer is rewarded by the performers' subtle depiction of ambition concealed by shame and guilt…John Jordan is asked to carry the show and…is more than competent in displaying the character of a man in distress” | |
| – David Lohrey,
CurtainUp |
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| “It is obvious that Mr. Jordan is talented, and I credit him for playing how alcohol affects someone, rather than playing a drunken person” | |
| – Jeff Goldstein,
Stage Press |
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“Jordan does an excellent job of making the ruined Kerouac believable and even likable…[he] also movingly illustrates the scars left by the early death of Kerouac's brother Gerard” |
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- Arlene McKanic, Greenwich Village Gazette |
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| “John Jordan is phenomenal as Kerouac, breathing life to this man I have admired for years…Acted by an incredible ensemble cast, most notably John Jordan as the title character” | |
| – citysearch.com
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“John Jordan movingly portrays Kerouac as the odd man out” |
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– Ron Sanborn, New England Entertainment Digest |
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“Performances range from quite good (especially John Jordan's in the leading role of Ted)” |
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– Martin Denton, nytheatre.com |
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| “Jordan, as the searching Ted, had only one note to play all evening long, yet he discovered as many shadings as possible within that one note” | |
– Doug DeVita, oobr |
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| “What's most unfortunate is that there are three rather lovely performances and you feel sorry to see them trapped in the muddle. As Ted, John Jordan is more than likeable as the at first nebbish, and then, the scarred and bitter, Ted” | |
– Andy Propst, AmericanTheater Web |
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THE
GIFT OF LOVE – the new holiday musical
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| “Bob Manganaro, JOHN JORDAN, and Nicholas Mitchell STOLE THE SHOW as a delightful trio of bumbling clerks in an early scene and later as harried shopkeepers on Christmas Eve” | |
– Doug
DeVita, oobr |
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THE
HISTORY OF THE DEVIL or Scenes From a Pretended Life by Clive Barker – Fordham Lincoln Center, New York, NY – June 2000 |
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| “Talented group of 11 actors playing 31 different roles must be highly commended for meeting the challenge of this complicated and flawed play…Consummate performances” | |
| – Sheila Mart,
oobr |
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MARAT/SADE |
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| “As The Herald, a manic in harlequin costume who keeps the production moving under the guidance of the Marquis, John Jordan gives a stunning performance…His timing is as sharp as a razor…With his voice, his body and facial expressions, Jordan never seemed to produce anything less than a complete performance.” | |
| – Paul Gallagher,
Times-Leader |
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“The grim plot is at times lightened by the rhymes of John Jordan, who plays the insane herald” |
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– Debbie Horne, Aquinas |
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THE
NORMAL HEART |
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| “John Jordan performed admirably in the role of Ned” | |
| – Janice Inzillo,
Aquinas |
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WINNER– Outstanding Leading Performance, University of Scranton Players |
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