Best One-Man Theatre Company
-- Philadelphia City Paper
Now this is storytelling. Anthony Lawton holds us rapt -- you can feel the intensity
of the audience's attention -- with his masterful performance in The Great Divorce. . . . Each character. . . comes to life through Lawton's voice as he walks that fine line between
the dramatic and the narrative. He brings the old-fashioned, very literary vocabulary to life.
-- Philadelphia Inquirer (2006)
If excellent, passionate performance in the cause of Christian doctrine
can get an actor to heaven's entry, Lawton has a place waiting for him on Lewis' bus.
-- Philadelphia Inquirer (2005)
In the best tradition of one-man shows, Lawton . . . quickly
makes us forget that he is only one man. . . . Lawton is mesmerizing -- fully deserving the standing ovation he received Tuesday
night.
-- Philadelphia Inquirer (1998)
. . . . brilliantly conceived and performed by Anthony
Lawton. . . . Lawton's one-man, one-act play of just 75 minutes constitutes as intelligent and provoking an evening as I’ve
spent at the theater in a long time; it’s often devastatingly funny as well.
-- Broad St. Review
The Devil and Billy Markham . . . is
that rare and remarkable union of dazzling writing . . . and virtuosic acting (by Tony Lawton) that makes you feel the shiver
of theater right down to your toes. . . . Lawton inhabits each of his characters . . . with such precision and truth that
it is impossible to imagine another actor ever performing the piece. His frequent shifts in character appear effortless;
his focus is razor sharp . . . he simply owns it.
-- Philadelphia City Paper
The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis . . . seems an unlikely work for
stage adaptation, but actor-writer Tony Lawton’s energetic version succeeds. . . . Go for the showy pyrotechnics like
Perrier’s increasingly slinky outfits, the actors’ daring choreography, even the witty PowerPoint presentation
that illustrates Screwtape’s letters . . . and stay for the fascinating rumination on contemporary morals through Lawton’s
all-too-human devil.
-- Philadelphia City Paper
He explicates evil thoroughly, and it cuts across all faiths in its laserlike
precision and simple delineation.
-- Artstalker
Lawton and Perrier light up St. Stephen’s Theater with truly interactive
(and very athletic) performances, where multimedia displays inform the narrative and techno music or Led Zeppelin can lead
to a dance number at any moment.
-- uwishunu
