"In the course of the well-put-together show—there was nothing self-indulgent about it—Comfort described going to
a Tourette’s conference in Washington, D.C., an occasion he illustrated with a level of care that was striking, not least because the performance was devoid of sentimentality. Comfort’s clear-eyed efforts reminded me of the work of his peer Nilaja Sun. Comfort ... is a solo star who manages to rise above the limitations of the solo-show form by bringing in the world that helped to shape [him]." Hilton Als, The New Yorker.
“The fully grown Parsifal … played with an apt bland intensity by Gardiner Comfort, steps onto the runway. Mr. Comfort is crisply coiffed, buffed and nude, his only accessories a dimple in his chin and a machine gun.” Charles Isherwood, NY Times
“But Ms. Bratnick and Mr. Comfort are vivid together. (In a different sequence Mr. Comfort delivers a lacerating impersonation of Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s “Mad Money.”)”- Andy Webster, The New York Times.
“Comfort is a charming, versatile performer: He can dance, shift personas, inhabit multiple characters with dialects and physicality, and somehow exude a vulnerability wrapped in confidence.”- Teddy Nicholas, New York Theatre Review.
“The play’s best scene is one that seems to emerge from another show altogether—a mordant pas de deux between Rebecca and Doug (a winning Gardiner Comfort), the futures trader who makes the mistake of hitting on her.” - Alexis Soloski, The Village Voice.