UPDATED - Aug 4, 2009 - Here are all the reviews of THE WASPS that I've found so far....

LA TIMES - They like it...although it's a bit unclear how much they like it...still....

"...there's nothing arbitrary here -- director-adapter-composer Meryl Friedman knows exactly what she's doing with her witty, freewheeling vaudevillian update...[the cast does] their skillful best to ensure that plot intricacies never obscure the prime directive that stupid is good."

BACKSTAGE WEST - A RAVE! Although I'm not sure I feel great about being lumped with the old dudes and called a "senior talent...."

"...the unexpected delights of this show are the pleasing voices and stirring harmonies of the septet of veteran actors. Well, mostly veterans. We would have paid many drachmas to sit in on rehearsals and watch the six senior talents as they brought along the seventh...As the Chorus Leader, Mark Doerr wrangles the wayward "actors"...and yet adds his own zaniness at every turn."

LA WEEKLY - Other than the fact that there are actually SEVEN of us in the ensemble...a really nice review.

"With its amiably hammy six-person ensemble of mostly veteran character actors who prance around caparisoned in codpieces with slinkies attached, this high spirited rendition of the classic Greek comedy proves that Aristophanes and shtick go together like, well, Aristophanes and shtick"

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS - Another county heard from...and she hated it. Which is understandable since she didn't seem to be too sure what she had seen. They were dogs my dear, not cats. Dogs. The action, lines and costume pieces should've given it away. Anywhoooo...I'm not gonna put too much stock in her review but here it is for posterity.

"To be fair, much of the audience seemed to love the production. There was a lot of laughter to encourage the players. But as far as I'm concerned, Aristophanes is highly overrated."