Reviews
The View UpStairs
"Max Vernon’s compact musical could have been all fun and camp, but, under Scott Ebersold’s direction, it’s more thoughtful than that, with sad, beautiful love songs performed by a soulful ensemble cast."
-The New Yorker
"…the show swells with heart, and its characters and the history they represent should rightly be celebrated and remembered. The View UpStairs is ultimately a moving homage to LGBT culture, past and present."
- Entertainment Weekly
"Director Scott Ebersold, keeps this show sparkling and though we cry, we are not called on to be maudlin, but are brought to the point where we can not forget."
-Suzanna Bowling, Times Square Chronicles
"….There's also the option of sitting back and enjoying the ride, which is admittedly easier. How could it not be, given Ebersold's lavish staging, which transforms the entire theater into a comfy-seedy piano lounge…"
- Matthew Murray, Talkin Broadway
"Scott Ebersold has directed this production to feel intimate, ensuring each of the characters have their time to shine and connect with the audience. Using the entire space to interact and move through. Drama, music and lyric are combined to create a thrilling experience.
The View UpStairs is a magical, moving production that provokes important debates and a feeling of camaraderie. Get Off Broadway and immerse yourself back in 1973."
-Katie Merritt, Scatterofopinion.com
"…the View UpStairs is a poignant, exuberant, touching musical that explores a dark day in LGBTQIA history. This play is a special experience, and shows promise for a bright and successful future."
- Adrienne Sowers, The Reviewer's Hub
"The View UpStairs, smartly directed by Scott Ebersold, is an important retrospective of the gay community: where we’ve been, where we are, and who we could—and should—be."
-Ryan Leeds, The Broadway Blog
-The New Yorker
"…the show swells with heart, and its characters and the history they represent should rightly be celebrated and remembered. The View UpStairs is ultimately a moving homage to LGBT culture, past and present."
- Entertainment Weekly
"Director Scott Ebersold, keeps this show sparkling and though we cry, we are not called on to be maudlin, but are brought to the point where we can not forget."
-Suzanna Bowling, Times Square Chronicles
"….There's also the option of sitting back and enjoying the ride, which is admittedly easier. How could it not be, given Ebersold's lavish staging, which transforms the entire theater into a comfy-seedy piano lounge…"
- Matthew Murray, Talkin Broadway
"Scott Ebersold has directed this production to feel intimate, ensuring each of the characters have their time to shine and connect with the audience. Using the entire space to interact and move through. Drama, music and lyric are combined to create a thrilling experience.
The View UpStairs is a magical, moving production that provokes important debates and a feeling of camaraderie. Get Off Broadway and immerse yourself back in 1973."
-Katie Merritt, Scatterofopinion.com
"…the View UpStairs is a poignant, exuberant, touching musical that explores a dark day in LGBTQIA history. This play is a special experience, and shows promise for a bright and successful future."
- Adrienne Sowers, The Reviewer's Hub
"The View UpStairs, smartly directed by Scott Ebersold, is an important retrospective of the gay community: where we’ve been, where we are, and who we could—and should—be."
-Ryan Leeds, The Broadway Blog
Paper Cranes
“Director Scott Ebersold brings the wry humor of Bentley-Quinn's characters to the forefront, ensuring that this sexually fearless show never falls into the trap of sensationalism.”
-Mark Peikert, Backstage
-Mark Peikert, Backstage
Children at Play
“Jordan Seavey’s joltingly funny Children at Play isn’t afraid to put the punch back in punch lines... Director Scott Ebersold and the company snatch up Seavey’s gauntlet; the spot-on grimness of their concrete classroom perfectly offsets the explosively silly dance breaks, just as the palpable sweetness of the company only makes the chilling moments more paralyzingly awful. “
-Helen Shaw, Time Out New York
“The production, directed by Scott Ebersold and presented by Collaboration Town, is exemplary.”
-Martin Denton, NYTheater.com
“Alternately campy and down to earth, playwright Jordan Seavey's script is luminous ... leading its characters through anorexia, student-teacher flings, parental troubles, sexuality drama, etc. Though the plot expands to unwieldy proportions, the energetic ensemble, under the direction ofScott Ebersold, is a constant pleasure to watch.”
-Ruth McCann, The Village Voice
-Helen Shaw, Time Out New York
“The production, directed by Scott Ebersold and presented by Collaboration Town, is exemplary.”
-Martin Denton, NYTheater.com
“Alternately campy and down to earth, playwright Jordan Seavey's script is luminous ... leading its characters through anorexia, student-teacher flings, parental troubles, sexuality drama, etc. Though the plot expands to unwieldy proportions, the energetic ensemble, under the direction ofScott Ebersold, is a constant pleasure to watch.”
-Ruth McCann, The Village Voice
Nerve
“These two daffy characters, directed with obvious affection by Scott Ebersold, engage in a satisfyingly comic escalation of confessions and demands.”
- Anita Gates, The New York Times
“Scott Ebersold's direction is sure-footed and well-paced.”
- Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com
“Adam Szymkowicz’s creation aspires to more, and with Scott Ebersold’s intelligent direction and the actors’ engrossing portrayals of their complicated characters, Nerve manages to make the extra step. … it is, again, astute and frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and in the end a neat little demonstration, if you needed one, of how much better live theatre can be than TV or movies when it comes to convincingly recreating human relationships in all their delicious complexity.”
- Mallory Jenson, The Gothamist
“Director Scott Ebersold demonstrates an intimate knowledge of 21st-century mating rituals as he deftly orchestrates the subtle dance of two people alternating between the impulse to protect themselves and the desire to get to know (and touch) each other.”
-Jill Jichetti, OffOffOnLine.com
“Scott Ebersold’s direction gives a nice feverish pace.”
- Tom Penketh, Backstage
- Anita Gates, The New York Times
“Scott Ebersold's direction is sure-footed and well-paced.”
- Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com
“Adam Szymkowicz’s creation aspires to more, and with Scott Ebersold’s intelligent direction and the actors’ engrossing portrayals of their complicated characters, Nerve manages to make the extra step. … it is, again, astute and frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and in the end a neat little demonstration, if you needed one, of how much better live theatre can be than TV or movies when it comes to convincingly recreating human relationships in all their delicious complexity.”
- Mallory Jenson, The Gothamist
“Director Scott Ebersold demonstrates an intimate knowledge of 21st-century mating rituals as he deftly orchestrates the subtle dance of two people alternating between the impulse to protect themselves and the desire to get to know (and touch) each other.”
-Jill Jichetti, OffOffOnLine.com
“Scott Ebersold’s direction gives a nice feverish pace.”
- Tom Penketh, Backstage
Expat/Inferno
“Scott Ebersold directs expat/inferno with grace.”
- AmericanTheaterWeb.com
- AmericanTheaterWeb.com
The Silent Concerto
“Alejandro Morales’s The Silent Concerto is an incredibly ambitious play, which has received a lovely production expertly staged by Scott Ebersold.... As the drama unfolds, we are treated to a series of highly inventive staging and story-telling techniques, jumping back and forth between fantasy and reality, the past and the present—jumps which are kept very clear through lighting, sound, and staging. The technical accomplishments are effective and admirable.... The play shows off Ebersold's talent solidly. The Silent Concerto definitely evidences talent on the part of its playwright and director.”
- NYTheater.com
“Hirshfield's Naldo is the play's earnestly sincere center, … O'Connor's Mallory is a consistently colorful delight, turning on a dime from comedy to pathos. Under Scott Ebersold's skillful direction, the multiple games flow with an easy grace.”
- Karl Levitt, Backstage
"Director Scot Ebersold works wonders with 'the silent concerto (a comedy about three tragedies),' one of the most complex, ambitious pieces of new theater this side of Anton Chekhov."
- Gay City News
- NYTheater.com
“Hirshfield's Naldo is the play's earnestly sincere center, … O'Connor's Mallory is a consistently colorful delight, turning on a dime from comedy to pathos. Under Scott Ebersold's skillful direction, the multiple games flow with an easy grace.”
- Karl Levitt, Backstage
"Director Scot Ebersold works wonders with 'the silent concerto (a comedy about three tragedies),' one of the most complex, ambitious pieces of new theater this side of Anton Chekhov."
- Gay City News