The Government Inspector at Boston Court Performing Arts Center

The Government Inspector

Boston Court Performing Arts Center
70 N. Mentor Ave. Pasadena

The Government Inspector, adapted by Oded Gross, directed by Stefan Novinski. The corrupt, self-seeking officials of a small town in Tzarist Russia mistake a penniless clerk for a Government Inspector, and chaos, recrimination, and retribution ensue. This classic satire on human vanity and the corruption of elected officials is more relevant today than ever. Re-envisioned as a cutting, tragic farce with influences from Monty Python and "Brazil," this painful, hilarious investigation of people's characters gone to seed makes for hysterical comedy with a good dose of soul.

Thru - Aug 26, 2012

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Show Type: Comedy

Box Office: 626-683-6883

www.bostoncourt.com

The Government Inspector Reviews

Average Rating based on 11 reviews

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Los Angeles Times - Somewhat Recommended

"...Director Stefan Novinski pushes his nimble cast towards a broad performance style, with mixed results. Gogol wrote a farce, but Gross's political jibes can feel glib, and the show is on stronger footing with its character comedy."

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- Charlotte Stoudt

LA Weekly - Recommended

"...The result is a political parable and ribald cartoon groomed for this election cycle, and a production, staged by Stefan Novinski, that sustains a gentle, physically colorful and flippant farce with almost unwavering comic expertise by the ensemble."

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- Steven Leigh Morris

Backstage - Recommended

"...The best thing about this production is Gross' world-class script, which keeps the audience exactly where the purveyors of Boston Court ask them to be during the pre-show speech, inviting those gathered to "come to the edge of your seat, lean in, and enjoy.""

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- Travis Michael Holder

LAist - Recommended

"...Director Stefan Novinski stages the show masterfully and gets magnificent work from the entire ensemble. Gross not only keeps the zingers flying with deadly accuracy, he also includes parallels to our current political scene without derailing the original play, and he penned some appropriate songs as well. It's an impressive achievement."

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- Terry Morgan

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

"...Still, it is an enormously inventive work-in-progress, extremely funny, and blessed with an imaginative and brilliantly-cast co-production by Furious Theatre Company and Theatre @ Boston Court, directed by Stefan Novinski."

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- Jason Rohrer

The Hollywood Reporter - Recommended

"...Essentially a manic gagfest redeemed by beat-perfect timing, this The Government Inspector even knows enough to make the most of its inevitable bad jokes. Since the theme is fundamentally that we of human civilization must ourselves make the best of our own irretrievably bad jokes, this comedy conveys that point piquantly."

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- Myron Meisel

StageHappenings.com - Recommended

"...Stefan Novinsky does a terrific job as director, keeping things flowing at breakneck speed."

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- Robert Machray

ArtsBeatLA - Recommended

"...Under Novinski's direction, the acting is heightened, commedia but not distractingly so, too sophisticated to wink at the audience but somehow inviting us in on the joke. Corruption might not be a hilarious topic on its own, but humankind's ability to spoof it lives in good health here."

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- Dany Margolies

LA Stage Times - Recommended

"...I've been remiss in adding my voice to the many who have recommended Oded Gross' quasi-musical adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector, in a lively co-production by Theatre @ Boston Court and Furious Theatre, at the Boston Court, directed by Stefan Novinski."

- Don Shirley

Culture Vulture - Somewhat Recommended

"...All the other performers are equally persuasive, even as the play starts to sag under the weight of too much, too much, farce."

- George Alexander

The Stage Struck Review - Recommended

"...The result is a roasting of the modern age: ferocious, filled with funny but completely unsympathetic characters, and bleak in its skewering of what they – and we – have become."

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- Frances Baum Nicholson

The Government Inspector at Boston Court Performing Arts Center