Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines
Smoothly helmed by Brian Shnipper, THE LAUGH TRACK demonstrates how challenges in the new TV industry become opportunities for the intrepid Lucy and Desi as they navigate an entertainment world in sore need of a few inventions and new ways to look at old issues. Read more…
Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive
The Laugh Track is an unauthorized dramatization of the iconic, trendsetting, multiple Emmy Award-winning sitcom I Love Lucy, which dominated the airwaves 1951-1957. While one might expect that the leads of this one-act production would be the TV comedy’s title character, Lucille Ball (Jennifer Sorenson) and her onscreen and offscreen husband Desi Arnaz (Bill Mendieta, who has repeatedly portrayed the Cuban bandleader, actor and producer in other theatrical iterations), playwright Wendy MacLeod presents, as Monty Python put it: “And Now for Something Completely Different.” Read more…
Anita W. Harris – Long Beach Post
“The Laugh Track” thus scores on all counts — writing, directing, acting, production design (with lighting by Donna Ruzika, sound by Hunter Moody and props by Patty Briles) and period costuming by Kim DeShazo. It’s a total package guaranteed to entertain, just as reruns of “I Love Lucy” still do after 75 years. Read more…