Being Sellers OFF-BROADWAY REVIEWS

• NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF Being Sellers

  

  Funny Man Finds Himself in Unfunny Circumstances

  Jason Zinoman

  November 28, 2010: An impressive amount of melodrama, activity and funny voices is packed into the hectic hour of “Being Sellers,” a solo biographical play by Carl Caulfield about the actor Peter Sellers that is part of the annual Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters. Telling the old story of the sad clown, the play, which begins in 1980 at a hospital bed where the chameleonic actor is dying by himself, is filled with references that will make fans of movies like “The Pink Panther” and “Dr. Strangelove” nod their heads knowingly.

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• CURTAIN UP REVIEW OF Being Sellers

  

  Being Sellers

  Elizabeth Ahlfors

  November 28, 2010: As an audience, we are happiest seeing Peter Sellers wearing his masks and portraying blundering Inspector Clouseau, Chance the gardener, Dr Strangelove and the zany characters from The Goon Show. Carl Caulfield's Being Sellers part of t 59E59 Theaters' annual Brits Off-Broadway, informs us that wearing his masks was also the times when the legendary comic actor was happiest, and most comfortable, with himself.

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• THEATRE IS EASY REVIEW OF Being Sellers

  

  Being Sellers

  Steve Hauck

  November 28, 2010: BOTTOM LINE: An impressionistic and intriguing collage of the turbulent life of Peter Sellers, with an engaging performance by David Boyle.

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