REVIEWS: The Producers | Las Vegas

BroadwayWorld.com: "Rich Affannato as Carmen Ghia doesn’t miss a beat (he could be Roger Bart’s twin)..." Read the full review.

"Rich Affannato in particular shines as Carmen Ghia." - Open Road's Best of Las Vegas

FEATURES

- TimesRecordNews.com: Casting Call; It's audition fever, from 'Idol' to 'Grease' to Backdoor Theatre
Rich shares some audition stories for a story on the casting process from American Idol to Broadway.

- TimesRecordNews.com: Actor hopes to 'produce' hit; Hometown boy appearing in Vegas show
Rich's hometown newspaper in Texas intreviews him about starring in The Producers.

- Review-journal.com: "'Springtime' in Winter;" Broadway smash 'The Producers' opens at Paris Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Review-Journal interviews Rich, David Hasselhoff and a few other Producers players about putting the show up.

REVIEWS: The Producers | National Tour

Miami Herald: "Rich Affannato was an absolute comic gem."

Chicago Tribune: "The fresh Rich Affannato works especially well as the mincing Carmen Ghia."

The Spokane Spokesman: "Only Rich Affannato breaks away from the mold of the predecessor to any real extent as the director’s “common law assistant.”

Talkin'Broadway.com: "His associate Carmen Ghia, played by Rich Affannato, is a hilarious, ostentatious, flighty queen with wonderful eye shadow." Read the full review.

Potomac Stages Baltimore: "Rich Affannato is delightful as the gayer-than-gay director's assistant Carmen Ghia. His elaborate shtick upon leaving a room - a lingering, limp-wristed slink out the door - sent the audience into fits of coughing, convulsive laughter." Read the full review.

Dallas Observer: "Rich Affannato almost swishes away with the entire show."

O. C. Register: "Rich Affannato turns swishiness into a comic art form."

REVIEWS: Floyd Collins | Signature Theatre

"Mr. Affannato has a spectacular, piercing voice. A stand-out!"- Washington Times

"Affannato shines into uncertain, ambivalent glory"- The Washington Blade

"Affannato is nearly perfect" - Arlington Courier

"Affannato gives the over-reaching country boy dreamer Floyd Collins a palpable earnestness."- Virginia Sun

"Truly extraordinary! Rich Affannato as Floyd does credit to the music with a rich and heartfelt performance." - The Journal

REVIEW: Illyria | Off-Broadway
The New York Times: "Rich Affannato comes to the role of Orsino with experience on the musical stage, a warm baritone and a keen sense of humor..." Read the full review. (Registration required.)

REVIEW: A Little Night Music
St. Louis River Front Times: "As the flustered Henrik, Rich Affannato makes sexual anticipation an art form. Watch how Affannato and Garrett Long, a delightful gibbering Anne, steal away for a tender and erotic slow dance during the dinner scene." Read the full review.

KDHX FM 88.1, St. Louis: "The youthful vitality, or lack thereof, are masterfully shown by Garrett Long and Rich Affannato..."