Review Excerpts

“’The Karl Marx Play’ is in large part a clown show, and the Oriental Frederick Engels, the generous man who kept giving Marx money, is an entertaining little buffoon who brightens the strange evening vastly by his antics….And Randy Kim the charming little fellow who once played the title role in ‘The Chickencoop Chinaman,’ is most engaging as the Oriental Engels.” Richard Watts, NEW YORK POST (4/3/1973)

“A CARNIVAL HOUSE OF HISTORY AND THE MIND….Mel Shapiro…has drawn superb, consistent, unified work from a very talented cast led by the gorgeous Leonard Jackson (Marx), Katherine Helmond (his wife), Randy Kim (Engels) and Norman Matlock (Leadbelly).”
               –Martin Gottfried, WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY (4/3/1973)

“KARL AND THE MARX BROS…..The cast is inspired….Engels is portrayed by Randy Kim, a Chinese-American performer remembered for his artistry last season in ‘The Chickencoop Chinaman’.”
               –Emory Lewis, BERGEN RECORD (4/3/1973)