The Hollywood Reporter - Recommended
"...None of this comes across as the least didactic because throughout the relish of theatrical storytelling conjures up unflagging delights."
LA Splash - Recommended
"...Jewish or not, this moving culturally diverse play, which runs through April 19th, 2014, is one that you don't want to miss."
Stage Scene LA - Recommended
"...Chaim Potok's acclaimed 1972 novel My Name Is Asher Lev has now been transformed into a powerfully performed, deeply moving showcase for three of L.A.'s finest acting talents and one of our best directors at the award-winning Fountain Theater."
Examiner - Recommended
"...Well, the superb Fountain Theatre and its resident genius-in-chief, Stephen Sachs, have done it again. They've mounted a just-about-perfect production: Chaim Potok's classic novel My Name is Asher Lev, adapted for the stage by Aaron Posner."
ArtsInLA - Recommended
"...All too often, theater has treated art and religious belief facilely and simplistically, but Posner, and Potok, have pondered these matters long and hard, and accord them the dignity and complexity they deserve."
Culture Vulture - Somewhat Recommended
"...The Fountain Theatre is one of Los Angeles' reliable gems. And Stephen Sachs consistently directs with a sure hand. Without being nitpicking it is hard to find fault with the acting or production, yet the word that most easily leaps to mind is soporific. Set in the 1950′s Asher Lev creaks as though it is being seen through an old lens."
Total Theater - Recommended
"...The torment Asher feels as he slowly begins to reject all of the taboos that are embedded in Orthodox Judaism is conveyed in heart-felt, powerful fashion by Karasev. In the actor's hands, Asher becomes both a worldly success and a tragic hero."
Culver City News - Somewhat Recommended
"...All of this aside, "My Name is Asher Lev" is a powerful and painful story. As muddled as the beginning was, the end was perfectly clear and heartbreaking as Asher is forced to choose between his passion and his faith. The silence that meets his decision is more profound than all of the previously raised voices combined. I was not wowed with this production, but it sparked enough of an interest that now I'd like to read the book."
Grigware Blogspot - Recommended
...Producing a riveting version of the monumental novel My Name Is Asher Lev is no easy task. Sach's fluid cinematic movement in the storytelling is a huge plus in making every element of dramatic tension in Posner's adaptation beyond lifelike. The audience is engaged from start to finish. Like the idea presented of the painter who must rely completely on his true feelings, we are offered the opportunity to feel a rush of emotions from heartache to triumph."
Huffington Post - Recommended
"...The story is not so surprising, but given the immediacy and truthfulness of this production, it's thrilling and suspenseful."
LifeInLA - Recommended
"...Whether you can identify with Asher's struggle or not, this is a revealing story about Jewish history and culture, about faith and passion, and audiences will be moved by three incredible performances."
Theatre Spoken Here - Recommended
"...Stephen Sachs directs with a simplicity that underscores depths of emotion. Heading the brilliant cast, Jason Karasev, as Asher, bravely journeys into an unknown world."
Loz Feliz Ledger - Recommended
"..."My Name Is Asher Lev" at the Fountain Theatre is a tour de force that explores a young man's struggle to reconcile the faith and values of his Orthodox Jewish Hassidic family with his passion for art."
