Fruit Fly Reviews
Los Angeles Times- Recommended
"...From time to time, Jordan is a bit too concise, failing to fill in details that would provide a completer picture. But one figure shines through, perfectly formed. You're quite a mama, Peggy Ann. Thank you. And to all mamas: Thank you. We love you."
Variety- Recommended
"...His latest monodrama "Fruit Fly," in its world preem at the Celebration, goes heavy on the nostalgic reminiscence and light on the politics, with a sentimental message of social tolerance and self-acceptance built in."
LA Weekly- Recommended
"...Autobiographical solo shows are often a theater critic's bane, but this one has the virtues of stand-up comedy, satirical insight into the very human travails of being overtly gay in the Deep South, an enthralling eccentricity and a love of life that saturates every scene."
LA Theatre Review- Recommended
"...How does one even possibly sum up a lifetime of rebelliousness, happiness, savoir fare fashion sense and all around joie de vivre' Well, apparently Leslie Jordan (The Help, Will and Grace, Ugly Betty) does it quite devilishly and most properly in his own unique story-telling style – and, might I add, a style that any true Southern debutante would envy ("But then I just simply can't think about that now, I'll go crazy if I do. I'll think about it tomorrow.") in his new one man show Fruit Fly that just opened to its world premiere at the Celebration Theatre on Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood."
Stage and Cinema- Recommended
"...This terrific one-person tell-all has too much going for it to feel superfluous on any level; the show will resonate more profoundly if all traces of stand-up are removed and we feel as if we are actually in his living room."
Stage Scene LA- Recommended
"...Leslie Jordan answers the age-old question-"Do gay men really become their mothers'"-in his latest autobiographical one-man show, Fruit Fly, and as anyone who's ever seen the Chattanooga native in Sordid Lives or on Will And Grace can well imagine, there's not likely to be a more delightful autobiographical one-man show in any foreseeable future."
StageHappenings.com- Recommended
"...Fruit Fly is a hilarious one- man show by Leslie Jordon now playing at LA's Celebration Theatre."
ArtsBeatLA- Recommended
"...Directed by David Galligan (in fact, this is the fifth show Jordan and Galligan have collaborated on) Jordan prances delightfully around the intimate Celebration space, charming his enraptured audience with his refined Southern drawl and confidentially sharing personal tales of his upbringing and coming out during the disco seventies."
Frontiers- Recommended
"...Under the shrewd and economical direction of longtime collaborator David Galligan, the pixie from Dixie is blissful company for the delightful 90-minute journey, inducing belly laughs and even a few lumps in the throat in this charming if slightly choppy piece."
TheaterMania- Recommended
"...Leslie Jordan has invited us to the foyer of his southern home for an evening of down-home humor and deep admiration for his momma in his new bawdy yet touching one-man show, Fruit Fly, now at the Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles."