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IT'S A HIT!!!!!!
Posted by : jt on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 07:51 PM EST
	Kiss Me Kate at the Lyric stage (www.lyricstage.com), is open and running to great houses and reviews! Neil A. Casey (First Man) and J.T. Turner (Second Man) play it for all they're worth and then some, especially in the ditty "Brush Up Your Shakespeare." (I've never been crazy about that bit in the past, but Casey and Turner turned me around.) ....BroadwayWorld.com The addition of a pair of gun-slinging, stage-struck thugs, out to collect a gambling debt from Graham, gave Porter a chance to write his gag-encrusted adoration to the Bard, the Act II show-stopping song, “Brush Up Your Shakespeare........ And in the roles that were Porter’s gift to the generations of stage clowns, Neil A. Casey and J.T. Turner as the Shakespeare-spouting hoods, have topped their previous excellent outings on the local stages.......The Patriot Ledger The presence of a pair of gangsters (played by Neil A. Casey and J.T. Turner) doesn’t make a whole lot of sense plot-wise, but I was glad they were there, especially when Casey and Turner warbled “Brush Up Your Shakespeare.’’....Boston Globe *General Harrison Howell, delivers a particularly wonderful comic relief in the second act when paired with the gangster team of J.T. Turner and Neil A. Casey. .....The Tufts Daily* *Neil A. Casey (The Mystery of Irma Vep at Lyric) and J.T. Turner (Benjamin Franklin in Lyric’s 1776) as the gangsters have their moments of hilarity ... Boston Edge* I am so proud to be a part of this show, which features great leads and one of the finest ensembles I have worked with!