Reviews
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Director ~ Utah Musical Theatre
Starring
Michael Kostroff & Barry Pearl
Relentlessly funny!
Larry Sousa pummels the audience with bawdy humor, silliness and sight gags. FORUM is the show fans of spectacle will be sorry they missed if they let this opportunity pass.
- Standard Examiner
Larry Sousa has delivered a handsome hit!
In Utah Musical Theatre's FORUM, the laughs ring out.
- Salt Lake Tribune
Bye Bye Birdie
Director / Choreographer ~ Reagle Music Theatre
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IRNE Award, Best Choreography
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9 IRNE nominations including Best Director & Best Musical
Starring ANITA GILLETTE
BYE BYE BIRDIE Soars and Sizzles! A vibrant production that rocks and rolls like there’s no yesterday, today, or tomorrow.
- The Boston Globe
Larry Sousa has revamped BIRDIE with loads of ingenious touches,
begetting lots of new laughs and injecting fresh humor into the dances. - Boston Arts Review
Larry Sousa provides top-notch direction and fantastic choreography.
Sousa has a keen eye for comic situations, and brings out the best in his cast.
- The Theater Mirror
Extraordinarily entertaining and beautifully choreographed.
- Boston Events Insider
Anita Gillette positively devours the role of the overpowering smother-mother in Sousa's delightful production of BYE BYE BIRDIE.
- Boston Arts Review
SWING!
Director ~ Musical Theatre West
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Los Angeles Ovation Award, Best Ensemble Cast
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Los Angeles Ovation Award nominations, Best Director, Best Musical
CRITIC'S PICK! This polished staging is sure to please.
- Backstage West
Lively and lovely and thrilling! Just the kind of feel-good musical that wakes up and audience and earns a standing ovations at evening's end.
- Long Beach Press Telegram
SWING is pure pleasure - A snazzy evening!
- Grunion Gazette
Sweet, soulful and steamy! A joyous production that resonated with a stylish sense of renewal.
- Orange County Weekly
The Sound Of Music
Director ~ Reagle Music Theatre
Starring
Patrick Cassidy & Sarah Pfisterer
Most productions of THE SOUND OF MUSIC are so reverential that there aren't any surprises left (especially for reviewers who have seen it umpteen times).
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Not this time...
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This time, THE SOUND OF MUSIC is a fresh delight.
- Boston Arts Review
Exceptional!
A splendid production
- East Boston Times
Sousa's thoughtful staging of "An Ordinary Couple" builds to a moment so romantic it brings a lump to your throat.
- OnStage Boston
Pfisterer has performed the role of Maria before,
but never so mischievously.
That's director Larry Sousa's touch...
Even Mother Abbess is kicking up her heels.
- Boston Arts Review
Director Larry Sousa escapes the traps inherent in Rodgers and Hammerstein's overdone but beloved musical...
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Even the scenes in front of the curtain (for set changes) are charming interludes.
- Boston Arts Review
The von Trapp children,
who often sacrifice talent for cuteness,
emerge here as three-dimensional,
individual characters, toads and all.
- Two On The Aisle
Directed by Larry Sousa, this production is thoroughly charming, warm and funny, and meltingly romantic.
- OnStage Boston
The Tin Pan Alley Rag
Choreographer ~ World Premiere
Goodspeed Musicals
Goodspeed Musicals
Pasadena Playhouse
Coconut Grove Playhouse
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NAACP Theatre Award and L.A. Ovation Award nominations ~ Best Choreography
EXUBERANT DANCING!
Larry Sousa's choreography is a virtual dictionary of period dance.
- Miami Sun-Sentinel
It's all dazzlingly choreographed
-WIOD Newsradio 610
You see the sensuous, spirited flowering of Ragtime as black
couples dance to Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag.
- Miami Herald
My Fair Lady
Director ~ Reagle Music Theatre
Director Larry Sousa bumps up the comedy in this MY FAIR LADY, affording extra giggles
for those of us who've seen it a hundred times.
- Boston Arts Review
Spendid! MY FAIR LADY is the must-see show of the summer season.
- Theatre Mirror
In The Heights
Choreographer ~ SpeakEasy Stage Co.
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IRNE Award, Best Choreography
Larry Sousa's inspired choreography
highlights individual abilities without ever distracting from the overall impact of dances that combine
jaw-dropping athletic prowess with balletic grace...
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Whether punctuating a dramatic moment or creating the feeling of busy street life in a club or outdoors, this ensemble dazzles with impeccable form and fluid strength.
-The Boston Globe
The dancers fly through the air, landing in spectacular splits. They grab a funky beat, shake it out, tie it to a basketball move, jerk its tail inside out, and walk it
en masse...
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What else can I say?
The dancing left me completely wowed.
-Boston Arts Review
Explosive Choreography!
An energetic combination of hip-hop and salsa moves turn songs like "Carnaval del Barrio" and "96,000" into sultry explosions of pent-up frustrations or celebration.
- Broadway World
This multi-award winning musical hits is apex
with Larry Sousa's fiery Latino choreography
fusing salsa, hip-hop, merengue
and romantic rhythms.
-Theatre Mirror
The Dancing is First Rate!
-Berkshire Fine Arts
Exuberant choreography by Larry Sousa
-Bay State Banner
Dazzling Choreography
-The Artsfuse
Anyone Can Whistle
Choreographer ~ Matrix Theatre, L.A.
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Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award - Best Choreography
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Backstage/Garland Award - Best Choreography
Sousa's zany choreography
is first-rate
- L.A. Daily News
I was knocked out by Sousa's
brilliant choreography
- KPFK Pacifica Radio
The show dashes forward with cut-up choreography by Larry Sousa.
His COOKIE CHASE BALLET is as much an amazing feat of engineering as a dance routine.
- Variety
Larry Sousa's choreography
is a world-class addition
-Entertainment Today