PRESS
National Post – My Toronto feat. Michael Lomenda
Download
The Toronto Star – Jersey Boys Review
Download
Alberta Local News -’The Jersey Boy From Stettler’
Download
“H. Halpern Esq. dresses the boys from Jersey Boys”
Download
Exposé – “The ‘Real’ Jersey Boys” (Cover)
Download
FROM THE PRESS…
“As the laconic bass player Nick Massi, Michael Lomenda creates a wry, vivid character out of someone who’s left as a bit of a cipher by the script.”
–Jane Horwitz for The Washington Post
“Lomenda finds humor in the character. But he is able to offer up a subtle pathos that allows Massi to be more than simple comic relief in the tale.”
–Mike Chaiken for The Observer
“TOUR LIKE A MAN: I think we are going to have to call it the Jersey Boys Diaspora. Every month, the news emerges of a new member of the fondly-remembered Toronto company of that hit musical being snatched up to appear in another venue…and we now learn that Michael Lomenda is recreating his awesome Nick Massi in Tampa, Florida for the month of March as a part of the National Tour. So if you are grabbing some sun and surf in Florida, drop by and pay Lomenda a visit. He always wants to hear how the Leaf’s are doing.”
–Richard Ouzounian for The Toronto Star
“Kudos also to Michael Lomenda, who takes the potentially thankless part of Nick Masi and fills it with rich comedy and vividly felt anger. His passionate outbursts about the pains of sharing a bathroom with the messy DeVito have never seemed funnier. Lomenda is another one of those first-rate talents who hasn’t really gotten the break he deserves. Let’s hope this is it.”
–Richard Ouzounian for The Toronto Star
“Special mention goes to Michael Lomenda, who plays Mickey’s crazed older brother, “our Sammy” as he’s often referred to with a knowing tone. Lomenda draws the most out of the parochial script laid out for Sammy and is true to his character from beginning to end”
-Kathy Rumleski for The London Free Press
“Part of the show’s chemistry stems from the group’s disparate personalities, all well filled in this production…There’s good comedy in Michael Lomenda’s Nick Massi”
–Jon Kaplan for NOW Magazine
“Some people are bound to stand out more than others and my favourites were Michael Lomenda, whose “Footloose” sizzled…”
–Richard Ouzounian for The Toronto Star
“You only have to hear Michael Lomenda tear into Bobby Curtola’s Fortune Teller to make you think you’re back at a sock hop in high school.”
–Gary Smith for The Hamilton Spectator
“Mike Lomenda plays (Country and Western) Reuben and sings “One More Angel in Heaven” with delicious insincerity.”
–Amanda Campbell for twisitheatreblog.com
“Michael Lomenda plays Nick Massi, the self described Ringo Starr of the group, with a unique combination of quiet gruffness and a sullenness akin to Brad Garrett’s constantly overlooked Robert Barone from Everybody Loves Raymond. Lomenda’s Nick transitions nicely between seizing specific moments in the spotlight and then fading entirely into the background…Together, Lomenda, VanAntwerp, Sullivan and Madden’s voices unite in musical bliss that induce genuine goosebumps.”
–Amanda Campbell for twisitheatreblog.com
