Photos by Martha Holmes
Review Excerpts
“TESICH VISITS FAMILY IN QUEENS….And then there was Randy Kim, playing a handcuffed criminal with what can only justly be termed a frantic aplomb…”
–Clive Barnes, NEW YORK TIMES (5/22/1973)
“’BABA GOYA’ FUNNY, FLIMSY FARCE….The cast of nine is expert….And I must reserve a special word of praise for Randy Kim’s utterly delightful camera thief.”
–Douglas Watt, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS (5/22/1973)
“…Also strong was the performance of that American Place stalwart Randy Kim, triumphant leading man of last year’s ‘The Chickencoop Chinaman,’ as the captive Japanese.”
–Edith Oliver, NEW YORKER MAGAZINE (6/9/1973)
“LAUGHTER, RELEVENT AND IRRELEVENT….In ‘Baba Goya’ Tesich transfers us from the world of the Absurdists to the much lesser one of Kaufman and Hart….The production is only fair….Among the performers, only John Randolph and James Greene satisfy fully, and Randy Kim does in part.”
–John Simon, NEW YORK MAGAZINE (6/11/1973)
“Under Edwin Sherin’s meticulous direction, the uniformly well-cast players include John Randolph, most engaging as the father of the moment, and Randy Kim, who plays ‘nonplussed’ with unlimited variations—all of them funny.”
–Marilyn Stasio, CUE MAGAZINE (6/9/1973)
“The Chinese who isn’t Chinese is played by Randy Kim with a pencil-thin mustache, a glowing smile, and a haircut that looks as though a melon had been opened up, dyed black and dropped on him.”
–Walter Kerr, SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES (5/27/1973)
Cherry Lane Reviews
“…the actors are if anything better than they were before…outstanding performances are provided by John Randolph…Lou Gilbert…and, perhaps best of all, Randy Kim as a beleaguered criminal forced to spend most of the play handcuffed to a radiator. It is that kind—zany, joyful and assertive.”
–Clive Barnes, NEW YORK TIMES (10/4/1973)
“The acting is generally good…Randy Kim (the thief) is superbly innocuous….”
–Edmund Newton, NEW YORK POST (10/4/1973)
“’BABA GOYA’ IN WITH NEW NAME….But the funniest moments are contributed by Randy Kim as the manacled Japanese and R.A. Dow as his captor.” Douglas Watt, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS (10/4/1973)
“MOM’S MADNESS IS SEARINGLY FUNNY…Randy Kim is excellent, repeating his role of the Japanese-American, who spends much of his time in the play chained to a radiator.”
–William A. Raidy, NEWHOUSE NEWSPAPERS (10/4/1973)
“Eight of the nine players were with the show previously and have settled into their roles with added sureness. Olympia Dukakis continues to reign as a frail Mother Courage. Of the others John Randolph, Richard Dow and Randy Kim merit particular admiration for distinctive achievement. “Nourish the Beast’ is a dandy gloom-chaser.”
–William Glover, ASSOCIATED PRESS
