The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd
"Essentially
a two-character play, we were quite taken by Chris Layton performance
of the innocent - Cocky. One is hard-pressed to find enough positives
to say about this multi-talented actor as singer, dancer, and performer.
While he surely has his own engaging and infectious talent as a musician
and actor, he was sufficiently Newley-esque to make it like watching
that performer himself in this Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse musical."
--Tribune Star, Theatre Patron Editorial
Seussical the Musical
"I may also have some new favorite Seuss characters thanks to
Chris Layton, Ronald E Hornsby, and Alex Thomas. They play the punky
Wickersham brothers as a lively trio of mohawked harlequins."
--Orlando
Sentinel
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
"And Chris Layton stops the show with his rousing Snoopy, channeling
the showbiz legends yesteryear (including Carol Channing) in his celebratory
'Suppertime..."
--Talkin' Broadway
Brigadoon
"Layton, in a flawless tenor voice, doe a fine job of kicking up
his heels in the crowd favorite, 'I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean."
--Hernando Today
"Chris Layton, as Charlie Dalrymple, is in a word, sensational."
--Arts 'Round the Square
Cabaret
"As the grinning, sly Emcee who knows and sees all, Chris Layton
is superb. His leering, sinister laugh and mannerisms are downright scary,
leaving you to remember the evil he seemed to personify."
--Entertainment Review
"McGee's [direcor]Emcee, in the hands of Chris Layton, is the spike-haired,
Sex Pitols, Johnny Rotten version, garishly made up and oozing evil masked
with a perpetually sardonic smile. Layton is the glue that sticks everything
and holds the production together. He is everywhere--a virual singing,
dancing, clowing "Greek chorus." I just know this guy is going
to Broadway soon--he's that good."
--Arts 'Round the Square
"Layton is mesmerizing, and abslolutely superb in this role. And
Emcee who is in-your-face, without being too raunchy, his songs provide
a wry commentary throughout the show, and hovering in the background,
he give us our jolt of reality. He has an impish quality, with his expressive
mime face and long lanky body, he at times can be clownish and amusing,
while mysterious and sometimes lecherous....From the first note of "Wilkommen," he
hooks in the audience and carries us along with him throughout these
tumultous times..."
--Hernando Today
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