(selected) REVIEWS
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POOR BEHAVIOR @ Primary Stages, NYC
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“The play belongs to Brian Avers, who plays Ian with sneering, raffish abandon..."
Helen Shaw, The New Yorker
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"A brilliant performance by Avers; irritating, bombastic, provocative and absolutely riveting to watch...”
Robert Holfer, The Wrap
“Polished performances by the entire ensemble... Avers is a standout!”
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
“Excellent, most notably the fine New York stage actor Brian Avers as devilish Irishman, Ian...”
Robert Kahn, NBCNewYork
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BECKY SHAW @ South Coast Rep, L.A.
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“Blissfully evil, Brian Avers is a delicious stage creature, delivering sparks, laughs & withering comebacks..."
Charlotte Stoudt, L.A. Times
“Entering like a python, words roll off Avers’ tongue like a dagger… the cast is brilliant, and Avers is riveting, delivering laughs as he launches one barb after another… Riotously funny!”
Michael Quintos, Broadwayworld.com
“Avers is a master of the pregnant pause and studied reaction. He delivers zinging words in unconstrained frustration… The most interesting character in the play.”
Melinda Schupmann, Backstage West
“Max is the center, and Avers never lets us forget, giving his character an animal magnetism… like a predator, in purposeful motion or frighteningly still. When he hears something especially stupid, he looks around, as if the words are sticking to a wall, a trembling mess for the whole world to see… Viciously funny!”
Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register
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KING LEAR @ The Public Theater, NYC
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“Impressive is Brian Avers, who’s terrific as Edgar and his mud-spattered alter ego, Poor Tom. When his blinded father appears, their recognition scene is genuinely heartbreaking...”
Jeremy McCarter, New York Magazine
“In addition to Kevin Kline, the most stirring work comes from Larry Bryggman as Gloucester and Brian Avers as his son Edgar, growing from bookish nerd, to crazed feral outcast, to noble survivor...”
David Rooney, Variety
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"Brian Avers gives a standout performance... ”
Elysa Gardner, USA Today
“The casting is deliciously luxurious, including Michael Cerveris as loyal Kent, Larry Bryggman as Gloucester, and Brian Avers, who has quiet decency as Edgar...”
Linda Winer, Newsday
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“Avers brilliantly crafted Edgar's journey from geeky student, to Poor Tom, to courageous leader at the end...”
“Terrific acting comes in the subplot... Brian Avers & Logan Marshall-Green steal the show!”
Joe Dziemianowicz, NY Daily News
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ART @ Barrington Stage Company
“ART is an actors’ play, and Avers’ hapless Yvan is most affecting; his exasperated monologue about the politics of wedding invitations stops the show...”
Ron Lee, WBRK Radio
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“Brian Avers is sublime, erupting in a dazzlingly orchestrated speech..."
Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle
“Excellent, but Avers is most sympathetic and appealing - the high point of the show’s hilarity...”
Macey Levin, Lakeville Journal
“Brian Avers finds all the funny… his epic comic monologue is delivered with expert burlesque and just the right touch of pathos -- a magnetic performance!”
Matthew G. Moross, The Daily Gazette
“Yvan’s monologue is one of the most hilarious moments in the play. As delivered by Brian Avers, it has to go down as one of the funniest routines I've been treated to in many moons!”
David Begelman, Danbury News-Times