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"Other standouts in the cast include. . . James J. Johnson as Berenice's rebellious brother." --Paul Harris, Variety
"The supporting cast is generally successful--particularly James J. Johnson, smoldering with resentment and displaying a feral energy as the doomed Honey Camden Brown. . ." --Michael Toscano, Theatremania.com "Johnson's Honey looks ready to explode even when in repose. . ." --Bob Mondello, Washington City Paper "The only other impassioned performance is that of James J. Johnson as Berenice's outspoken foster brother, an African-American who gets his first - and last - taste of real freedom when he dangerously stands up for his rights. His character may be on the run when he tells Berenice, 'I'm free and it makes me happy,' but Johnson almost glows as he expresses these hard-earned feelings of independence and dignity." --J. Wynn Rousuck, The Baltimore Sun |
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"Johnson's inventive clowning (especially when Ab gets shot) takes some sting out of the play's direst events." --Bob Mondello, Washington City Paper
"Chuck's smooth-talking buddy, Ab, is effectively played by J. J. Johnson." --Barbara MacKay, The Washington Post |
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"There was no reason to believe that Rep Stage could squeeze much freshness out of this contrived slice of dramatic life. But wouldn't you know, director Jennifer L. Nelson and a stalwart cast of 14 have seemingly raised the dead, transforming a faded artifact into a genial, enjoyable domestic comedy." --The Washington Post
"Yordan does not make Starnes's job easy. . . Still, Starnes's pairing with Johnson eases her burden. He's appealingly full of beans in his encounters with Anna and her family, telling them that he has just graduated from agricultural college, where he 'majored in fertilizers.' The line gets a healthy laugh. It's one of the interludes in which this 'Anna' manages a clean escape from its melodramatic shackles." --The Washington Post "In a major emotional scene, well-played and directed, Rudolf's ardor and simple goodness, reinforced by her mother's encouragement, overcome Anna's reluctance to accept him." --William Hyder, The Baltimore Sun "J. J. Johnson takes the part of the would-be husband and smoothes out some of the excesses in the text so that the transition from a semi-comic character to a highly emotional one seems a logical transition." --Potomac Stages "J. J. Johnson, as the naive countrified lover, gives a most exciting reading of the character so we suffer his emotional gains and losses totally." --Bob Anthony |
| "J. J. Johnson's William accompanies in the nebbishy style of Seinfeld's Neuman." --Richard Gist |
| "This year's cast turns in probably the strongest ensemble musical performance in the play's history." --Jerry Harris, The News-Gazette |
| "Tulsa's a hardened nihilist who seems to both envy Buffalo Hair his warrior persona and see through it. . .He has no great fear of--nor reverence for--any group." --Alexander C. Kafka, Washington City Paper |
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