Word: lerche
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...semi-amnesiac lead actor thrown into plays ranging from Hamlet to Happy Days, gropes for lines and the zipper of his costar’s dress only to deliver perhaps the most painful soliloquy in stage history. The hilariously over-acted Horatio of Christian E. Lerch, and the dead-on deadpan delivery of Winnie by Jessica M. Gordon ’02-’03, highlighted the play’s comic effect...
Christian E. K. Lerch ’04 also gives a memorably hilarious portrayal of Teddy, the crazy but relatively harmless third brother, who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt...
...friend” Mary Flynn (Sarahn M. Wheeler ’03) has become a bitter alcoholic, unable to write another best-seller or suffer the A-list crowd that surrounds her. The last member of the central trio is Charley Kringas (Christian E. Lerch ’04), Frank’s one-time best friend and writing partner. Charley is the only one of the characters not to have succumbed to the lifestyle of the rich and famous—and yet he is still left alone, miserable and poor...
...best aspect of the production is the rapport among Hosfield, Lerch and Wheeler. Wheeler possesses a commanding voice and presence that make her an absolute standout. Though Mary is a tricky character, who must journey backwards from a woman stuck in a perpetual drunken stupor to a doe-eyed teen, Wheeler shines throughout...
...performances of Hosfield and Lerch are also well-tuned, highlighted by sharp comic timing and a good understanding of the characters’ sarcasm. Lerch particularly impresses in “Franklin Sheppard, Inc.,” a fast-paced number in which he breaks down on national television, effectively ending his friendship with Frank by exposing how his friend’s lust for money has led to the deterioration of their creative efforts and personal relationship...