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"For everyone who missed the chance to go a few rounds with Ernest Hemingway -- either in the ring or a bar -- or run with him and the bulls at Pamplona, the solo show ' Papa' gives a compelling sense of what it was like to be in such a daunting presence."
"In this near-perfect fusion of actor and material, Sparks is
unfailingly brilliant,
“Sparks’s physical resemblance and beautifully honed performance (directed by Martha Demson) make the play eerily convincing…”
“Sparks emerges … at full power, pulling the audience into the show and really giving it the impression it is spending quality time with the author.”
"Sparks’ Hemingway is a brawling, profane and surprisingly likable Hemingway who guides us along an anecdotal safari of his life. "Had John deGroot not written this engaging peek into a vodka-soaked afternoon in the life of Ernest Hemingway, "Rarely does one witness a performer so completely inhabiting the skin of an historical figure....
"Papa, staged by Martha Demson, captures a deeply flawed man in late-life crisis. Bitter humor flashes along with the sound of intensifying thunder.
"Under the direction of Martha Demson, it's a fast-paced funny show..interpreted with mesmerizing vitality and humor by Adrian Sparks...
"Much is owed to John deGroot’s script. . .Zig-zagging from one subject to another with the swiftness and grace of a matador, |
