David furr reviews

1. David Furr I
n the smash hit web series Jersey Shore Gone Wild which was Jersey Shore in the style of Oscar Wilde.
TIME MAGAZINE named it on of the TOP TEN THINGS OF 2011.
His reel
http://vimeo.com/37339459
David Furr as Ralph Howard in Evening w/ Meryl Streep
http://vimeo.com/31565928
JERSEY SHORE GONE WILD
“Santino Fontana and David Furr, (who) star in the new Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s classic
play,
The Importance of Being Earnest, have also embarked on a side project called “Jersey Shore Gone
Wilde,” a
five part (web) series in which the pair reenact actual transcripts of Jersey Shore episodes ‘in the style of
Oscar Wilde.’ Obviously, it’s basically the best thing we’ve ever seen and totally makes us want
to go see them on Broadway
“Nothing short of magical.” -The Huffington Post / AOL
“Hysterical to watch”- Entertainment Weekly Popwatch
“‘’JERSEY SHORE GONE WILDE’ TAKES OVER THE INTERNET! Parody...unlike any other.”-
Examiner
“An Interesting and hilarious take . . . What Television would be like in a smarter world.”
DAVID FURR: PRESS CLIPPINGS
AS CHRIS KELLER IN ALL MY SONS
Denver Theatre Center, Denver CO)
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-Ovation Award Nomination, Best Actor -
-Henry Award Nomination, Best Supporting Actor -
“David Furr, as Chris, gleans the best in Joe and Kate to deliver a finely crafted performance of geniality
and
idealism.” - VARIETY
“As Chris, David Furr is the moral center of the play in a performance of quiet intelligence that slowly
enfolds the
audience.” -Rocky Mountain News
“FURR, HARTMAN and PAULSEN TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY in the unforgettable climax. David Furr
brings
a strong and eventually very moving sense of reality to Chris Keller and is eminently watchable.” -
Loveland
Reporter-Herald
“THE MARVELOUS David Furr distinguishes himself in his impeccable DCTC introduction.” –Denver Post
“A GANGBUSTERS, KNOCK OUT CAST. . . . David Furr wears the mantle of mantle of Chris with direct
aplomb.”- Colorado Backstage
“A PERFECT PRODUCTION . . . . David Furr [is] flawless”- Colorado Christian Drama Review
As HAMLET in HAMLET
At The Alabama Shakespeare Festival (2002)

2. “THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHERS HAMLET. David Furr is an actor who possesses the youth to
make Hamlet believable, but also the intelligence and acumen to create a fascinating psychic study. Furr
is especially accomplished in the famous soliloquies. He makes these speeches intimate, personal, very
modern emanations from the very soul of the disturbed prince. We clearly see and understand, if not
agree with, this motivation in Furr’s intense performance. If the response of the opening night audience is
an accurate indicator, this Hamlet will be talked about long after it has left the Festival Stage. See it for
the strength of its principal performances, as well as the antitheses of its vision.” - Montgomery
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At The Colonial Theatre, RI (2001)
“AN EXEPTIONAL PRODUCTION . . . David Furr as Hamlet offer[s] a freshness, an originality to a role
that by all means should be shopworn by now. Furr presents a Hamlet who seems to be creating himself
as he goes along. It’s not that this Hamlet is inconsistent, it’s that his character unfolds for us as it does to
him. Furr gives us a Hamlet not triggered into a slow motion rampage but stunned into responding. The
actor also reminds us that Shakespeare wrote this as a prototype for Black Comedy.Furr underscores a
sense of absurdity as well as unpredictability. . . .Furr is showing us a man who is trying to figure out his
own feelings as we watch, and in these encounters Hamlet is a work in progress fascinating to behold.” -
Providence Phoenix
“DYNAMIC HAMLET IGNITES PRODUCTION . . . It is Furr’s dynamic, engergetic and humourous
interpretation of Hamlet that propels the production. Furr gives strength and vigor to the role.” –The Day
At The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival (2000)
“ACTOR COMMANDS ‘HAMLET’ . . . David Furr is quite simply a magnificent Hamlet. . . . Furr’s
performance reminded us that Shakespeare’s creation is sublimely contradictory and, therefore, sublimely
human. . . . Furr played the prince with simmering passion.” -High Point Enterprise
“A BREATH OF FRESH AIR . . . . [David Furr] brings a freshness of delivery to speeches the audience
knows as well as the actors, as well as a manic energy that gives added scope to the prince many fault
for being too cerebral.” – Greensboro News and Record
“REFRESHING TAKE ON HAMLET . . . . Often the Dane is played with such brooding melancholy that by
the second act the audience is wondering why he doesn’t just go ahead and do himself in. David Furr’s
Hamlet, however, is played with a sense of grace, humor, and light heartedness that brings new
perpective to this character. . . . Again, David Furr’s portrayal of Hamlet is excellent. He brings a
refreshing air of casualness to the part that makes the young prince’s actions and attitudes seem
understandable, which is no small accomplishment.” -ESP
As PRINCE HAL in HENRY IV
North Carolina Shakespeare Festival (1999)
“ THIS PRODUCTION IS WORTH SEEING FOR [Furr’s] PERFORMANCE ALONE. . . . Furr, who is also
excellent as the lead in this year’s “Romeo and Juliet” can only be called a natural talent. Serious theatre-
goers owe it to themselves to see him while he’s still in town, for if luck is on his side, this young man is
on his way to bigger venues. Something tells me that one day we’ll be speaking of the days when David
Furr trod the boards at our local festival in much the same way that baseball fans speak yearningly of Don
Mattingly’s days at War Memorial Stadium.”- ESP
“David Furr’s delivery of this soliloquy is BREATHTAKING, conveying all the fervor of the young heir’s
lofty intent with just the lightest dusting of royal conceit. It’s a wonderfully rich, wonderfully intimate freeze-
frame as the swirl of the young prince’s maturation whizzes by. David Furr is exceptionally attuned to the
humor, the humanity, and the incandescent nobility of Hal.”- Creative Loafing
As BRUNO in CHRISTMAS ON MARS, Old Globe Theatre:
“SERIOUSLY FUNNY . . . . David Furr brings layers of complexity to the seemingly not so complex Bruno.
Furr’s highly physical performance smartly externalizes the turmoil he feels within.” - North County Times
As ROMEO in ROMEO AND JULIET:
“The performances are strong with Furr and Krausen the standouts. . . . Furr brings a weariness to
Romeo that dissolves upon his meeting Juliet. In short, you believe them.” –Winston Salem Journal
As GRUMIO in TAMING OF THE SHREW:
“Without a doubt, the strongest performance is turned in by David Furr. He plays the daft, easily confused
but kind-hearted manservant Grumio with a comic self-assuredness rarely seen in these parts.” –ESP

3. “THE BARD IS HOT . . . . David Furr mines more comedy than you usually see from Grumio, Petruchio’s
suffering
servant, embellishing his ordeals with some brillian physical comedy. He’s ready to toss his body onto
Petruchio’s oaken dinner table like a sack of wheat, to wondrous comic effect.” –Creative Loafing
“Brilliantly Casual”- Montgomery Independent
As DETECTIVE SGT. TROTTER in THE MOUSETRAP:
“DAVID FURR COMMANDS THE STAGE as the detective who calls the shots when there is a killer to be
found.”
- Salt Lake Tribune
“A KILLER TOP-TO-BOTTOM CAST with award-caliber work turned in by nearly every performer.” –Salt
Lake
City Weekly
“Furr seemed to be in control of the cast as much as his character was in control of the other characters
in the
play. His prowess was evident as he took the hands of Miller and Kate Shindle and with a look
inspired the others
to follow suit and join hands for a group curtain call.” –SLCC GlobeCOAST TO COAST
PRESS FOR DAVID FURR IN EQUIVOCATION AT MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB
New York Times:
[Sharpe is] portrayed with simmering intensity by David Furr (also a jovial King
James).
Oscar E. Moore, ‘From The Mezzanine’:
A marvelous David Furr. . . is a standout. the play isn’t about his
characters, although you may leave
the theatre thinking it is.
Curtain up
David Furr is a triple threat, most notably as Sharpe, the vain and ambitious junior
member of the group.
New York Daily News
“Furr delights as the theatre-loving, kilt wearing King James”
TheatreMania
show's
“the actors switch into new characters (and back again) in nanoseconds. The
most hilarious -- and
remarkable -- display of this comes late in the play, during
which Furr brilliantly portrays both a
character in a Shakespeare play and the decidedly juvenile and somewhat idiotic James
I, who is watching
raptly in the audience.”
Talkin Broadway
“Furr is impressive in roles as diverse as the young go-getter,
a broken
prisoner, and King James himself.”
New Jersey room:
“Whether he plays a numbskull leading man of the Globe, or a
jocular Scotsburred
king James, David furr brings amusing touches of levity to the
production
Backstage:

4. “David Furr has fiery fun as the volatile King James and the
tempermental
leading man Sharpe.”
Broadway and Me
In more flush times, additional actors might have played all the
parts, but
that would have denied us a delightful scene in the second act
in which the
appealing David Furr plays two characters nearly simultaneously”
Cardus.com
“With all the excellent acting in this Manhattan Theatre Club
production, I
found it most difficult to tear my gaze away from the characters
played by
David Furr. As Sharpe, the hot-tempered but gifted youngest member of the
King's Men, as a childish but willful King James, and as the
broken Thomas
Wintour, Furr's energy and charisma were palpable. When
switching between so
many roles, even the deftest actor can struggle not to appear to
be "acting,"
but as Sharpe, in particular, Furr inhabits the role, bringing
him to life with
a myriad of small, engaging details.”
Grand Tour.Com
“I loved and adored each several actor, especially David Furr as
Sharpe/Thomas
Wintour/King James I, who managed to play James and Sharpe in
the same scene,
wearing the same kilt and black denim doublet (I kid you not),
bouncing from
chair to stage and back again, pushing a plaid up and down his
shoulder and
changing expressions and accents on a thin dime.”
Advocate.com
“Standing out in a fine cast that features What’s That Smell’s David
Pittu and
Mad About You’s John Pankow as the Bard, the handsome and sometimes
shirtless
David Furr hams up the kilted king’s Scottish brogue and
bisexuality,
particularly when he molests a Macbeth actor in drag.”
Broadwayworld.com
Again, lesser actors could have made the transitions jarring,
but David

5. Furr ...move(s) between roles effortlessly, making each
character unique and
distinctive.
Broadway After Dark
“ The acting is splendid. King James I is deliciously portrayed,
replete with
his Scottish accent and sexual procl
COAST TO COAST
Press for
DAVID FURR
in
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
With Kathleen Turner, Bill Irwin and Kathleen Early
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"For Bill and me, it's an opportunity to explore new ideas with new interpretations from the
other actors. I'm actually quite thrilled
with their performances, especially David. He's doing a terrific job."
-Kathleen Turner, Bay
Area Reporter Online
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HOLLYWOOD BEAT
We particularly were impressed by David Furr’s portrayal of Nick, the handsome biology
professor who becomes Turner's unwitting prey.
VARIETY
. . . A perfectly preening David Furr.
CHICAGO WRITER
ELECTRIFIED CAST: Watching Turner, Irwin and Furr in this exchange is
like watching pro tennis players volley back-and-forth. And I ended
this evening contemplating the joy of watching players play,

6. pretending to be someone else as they make us see indisputable truths
about ourselves.
WASHINGTON D.C. EXAMINER
FURR’S NICK IS A REVALATION. At last this part is played with the sense of sexual threat and
frat boy
swagger that Albee intended. This is the version that future productions will be measured
against.
BAY AREA REPORTER
David Furr is trim, brash, and handsome. He's a forceful foil to Martha
and George, holding his own until the tag team finally crushes him.
BALTIMORE SUN
Furr’s Nick GLOWS . . . Be afraid, but do not miss this deeply unsettling production.
VENTURA COUNTY STAR
Furr, a tall young man with an easy grace… make[s] more of a role out of Nick than comes off
the printed
page
WASHINGTON POST
A HEAVENLY CAST! You can practically see in Furr’s portrayal the
shifting calculations in how far he must go.
BACKSTAGE
As the strapping stud Nick, David Furr's excellent performance paints the guy as less of a wimp
than in
previous portrayals. Though he's a pawn in the elder couple's chess game, there's also a
ruthless
opportunist at work, adding more fuel to the hell-raising skirmishes.
LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE
FURR IS EXCELLENT as the cocksure and calculating Nick.
NAVIGAYTION

7. David Furr [is] an utterly captivating, dashing leading man . . . .The best theatre rarely plays it
safe.
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Furr is a FINE Nick. He doesn’t overplay his arrogant, opportunistic side, but lets it appear
graduatlly
as circumstances dictate.
WASHINGTON DAILY PAPER
Furr is GALVANIZING. He prowls the stage with such feline calculation it almost seems Martha
may have met her match
Name: DAVID FURR
Talent Rep: Michael Einfeld Management (CA)
Contact: (818) 752-4238 / (818) 752-7418-fax
Union Status:
SAG, AFTRA, AEA
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WIFE (AMC Pilot)
ANCHE SE E AMORE, NON SI Peter (single card) Medusa Fims; Ficarra e Picone
VEDE (Italian feature)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING Jack Worthing (lead) Roundabout; dir. Brian Bedford
EARNEST in HD
THE CHICAGO CODE Aaron Fash (guest star) FOX; dir. Michael Offer
LAW AND ORDER: SVU Greg Elding (guest star) NBC; Jonathan Kaplan, dir.
THE WASHINGTONIENNE (HBO Tom Charton (regular) HBO; Mark Mylod, dir.
Pilot)
EVENING (feature film 2007) Ralph Haverford (co-star) Focus Feat.; Lajos Kolai, dir.
CSI: MIAMI Neil Jackson (guest star) CBS; Egil Egillsen, dir.

8. NURSES (FOX Pilot) Dr. Ben Stone (recurring) 20th Cent. Fox; PJ Hogan, dir.
45 WORDS Benjamin Basche Middlemarch Films
AS THE WORLD TURNS Dr. Morris CBS-TV; Grant Aleksander, dir.
GUIDING LIGHT Agent Dan Golson CBS-TV
ALL MY CHILDREN Jay Stark (recurring) ABC-TV; Steven Williford, dir.
HAVE A GOOD ONE LEROY Leroy (lead) NYU
Broadway
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING Jack Worthing Roundabout; Brian Bedford, dir
EARNEST (Tony Nom.: Best
Revival)
ACCENT ON YOUTH Dickie Reynolds MTC; Dan Sullivan, dir.
CYMBELINE Guiderius Lincoln Cntr; Mark Lamos, dir.
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA Nick Anthony Page, dir.
WOOLF?
THE RIVALS Jack Absolute (u/s performed) Lincoln Cntr.; Mark Lamos, dir
KING LEAR (w/ Christopher The Captain/The Good Servant Lincoln Cntr.; Jonathan Miller
Plummer)
Broadway National Tour
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA Nick Anthony Page, dir.
WOOLF?
Webseries
JERSEY SHORE GONE WILDE Jack Playbill.com; Furr & Fontana
(#5 most contagious:global)
Off-Broadway
EQUIVOCATION Sharpe MTC; Garry Hynes, dir.
GOLDEN PROSPECTS Rick NY Fringe; Colin Campbell, dir
TIM AND SCROOGE Peter Cratchit NYMF; Nick Corley, dir.
Regional
BORN YESTERDAY Paul Verral Cape Playhouse; Pam Hunt, dir.
CHRISTMAS ON MARS Bruno The Old Globe; Kirsten Brandt
ALL MY SONS Chris Keller (Ovation & Henry Denver Theatre Cnt; Bruce Sevy
Award nom)
HAMLET Hamlet AL Shakes. Fest.; Ray Chambers
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST King Ferdinand NJ Shakes Fest.; Brian Crowe
ARCADIA Septimus ASF; Geoffrey Sherman
TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA Proteus ASF; Eleanor Holdridge
IAGO (world premiere) Finney ASF; Kent Thompson
THE MOUSETRAP Det. Sgt. Trotter Pioneer Thtr; Geoffrey Sherma
Frank Langella's CYRANO Christian (and fight captain) Cleveland Plyhs; Peter Hackett
I HATE HAMLET Andy Rally Cleveland Plyhs; David Colacci

9. ROSENCRANZ & Tragedian Long Wharf; Darko Tresjnak
GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
HAMLET Hamlet NC Shakes; Imre Goldstein
HENRY IV PART I Prince Hal NCSF; Lou Rackoff
ROMEO AND JULIET Romeo NCSF; Imre Goldstein
COMPLETE WKS of Daniel Neb. Shakes; Cindy Phanuef
SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)
MISALLIANCE Gunner ASF; Henson Keys
THE MAN WHO CAME TO Richard Stanley ASF; Henson Keys
DINNER
TAMING OF THE SHREW Grumio NCSF; Lou Rackoff
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST Dumaine NCSF; Lou Rackoff
MACBETH Mentieth NCSF; Lou Rackoff
HAMLET Hamlet Colonial Thtr; Harland Meltzer
ROMEO AND JULIET Mercutio Neb. Shakes; Cindy Phanuef
TAMING OF THE SHREW Grumio ASF; Kent Thompson
LOVE FOR LOVE Ben Legend ASF; Ed Williams
OTHELLO Lodovico (and fight captain) Va. Stage Co: Charlie Hensley
ROMEO AND JULIET Benvolio Sh. on the Sound; H. Woronicz
THREE IN THE BACK, TWO IN Paul Jackson Charlotte Rep; Terry Laughlin
THE HEAD
MFA/PAT Alabama Shakespeare Festival/University of Alabama ON-CAMERA ACTING: Bob Krakower;
Marci Phillips, Director of Casting, ABC Primetime MUSIC: Self-taught guitar. 12 years piano. Experience
on Bass, Hammered Dulcimer, Mountain Dulcimer, Mandolin, Drums, Harmonica and Ukulele. CD Demo
available upon request.