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Jeff Griggs stars as Macheath (Mack the Knife) in the Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill musical THE THREEPENNY OPERA with Shannon Warne, Tom Shelton, Eileen T'Kaye and Zarah Mahler International City Theatre Long Beach Performing Arts Center |
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| "Mackie's back in town and his teeth are sharper than ever ... Jeff Griggs, with Zarah Mahler, portrays Macheath with menace and athleticisim." - Los Angeles Times - Charlotte Stoudt - February 25, 2009 CRITIC'S PICK: "Front and center is Jeff Griggs, who resembles Eric Roberts (with shades of Liam Neeson or a young Boris Karloff) and who, as Macheath, takes this staging by its throat with his unbridled ferocity.... The entire hungry-looking, hollow-eyed cast is superb... The enduring image, though, is of the tall, gaunt Griggs, whose Macheath commands the stage with his explosive presence." - Backstage West - February 25, 2009 "Gritty, Gripping... None is bigger than Mack the Knife, Macheath (the outstanding Jeff Griggs) ... Griggs' Macheath has a deepness that deftly captures rebellion and cunning." - Press Telegram - Chris Ledermuller - February 25, 2009 "The story, of course, focuses on Macheath (Jeff Griggs). Griggs is ... as dangerous as a serpent. His Macheath, nattily costumed by Shon LeBlanc and with a hair-trigger temper, is an elegant, charismatic hood... and he's got a powerful tenor that he uses to spew venom in the form of song." - Orange County Register - Eric Marchese - February 26, 2009 GO: "The tale of sexy, villanous Mac the Knife (Jeff Griggs), his seduction of the virtuous Polly Peacham (Shannon Warne), and his near-destruction ... Griggs, a baritone of strikingly evocative ferocity, delivers his lines and musical numbers with a tightly controlled roar, suggesting some kind of sexy beast who's just barely holding himself from running amok." - LA Weekly - Steven Leigh Morris - March 2, 2009 |
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