Reviews

  "One might think of cabaret artists as veteran performers who leave Broadway and look for gigs elsewhere.  While that might be true, Robert Yacko--a veteran of Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theaters across th country--has put together a fresh "new show" that brings Broadway with him.  I enjoyed every minute of his collaboration with music director/accompanist Gerald Sternbach. 

The first thing I noticed about the headliner--that is, in addition to his charm--was his perfect pitch. I mused, "If I were to write 'Every pitch hit a home run,' would readers consider it corny?" Probably.  Instead I'll say Robert Yacko hit every money note, moving gracefully within his impressive vocal range." - June August, BroadwayWorld

"My goodness, I think I first fell in love with Robert Yacko in the 1986 Long Beach Light Opera production of ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ and have seen him in a million musicals since. He is in fine voice here interpreting beautifully the sense of wit and wisdom in Coward. So lovely to see someone so rooted in their talent, you never felt less than transported and taken care of as audience member. - Luis Alfaro

“It’s a trio of performances guaranteed to leave audience eyes welling with tears, and supporting turns are uniformly fabulous, from Yacko’s suave, sophisticated Signor Naccarelli .…”

- Steven Stanley, stagescenela.com

Peter, the man who broke her, shows up, unannounced, brooding, painfully charming, and he tries his best to selfishly rekindle what should probably never have even begun. He is played to perfection by Robert Yacko.  - Samantha Simmonds-Ronceros, NoHoArtsDistrict

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Indecent propositioner Tommy Korman fits silver-foxy Robert Yacko like a glove in the same way that "Out Of The Sun” and “Come To An Agreement” suit Yacko’s silky pipes. - Steven Stanley, stagescenela.com

Yacko portrays Vandergelder as less of a broadly-drawn hot-head and more a  tightly-wound or suppressed man whose paid the price getting where he is  and it shows; this conveys a refreshing realism that makes all the  outlandish situations that ultimately start happening around him seem  that much more gleeful. - Leo Buck, Bucking Trends

Yacko is terrific in the larger than life role, capturing both the ego and the heart of a great poet.  -Jeannie K. Smith ,   SF Bay Times

Robert Yacko as Voltaire and Rachel Harker as Emilie du Chatelet are the dazzling  dynamic dipole about which this delightfully sophisticated and witty  play revolves. -  Jeffrey R. Smith  

Robert Yacko,  offers an anguished portrait of Bobby that illuminates his confusion,  filling out an underwritten role by seeming to examine the defects in  himself as well as the problems of the couples around him. It brings him  into the story, answering the critics who have long claimed that Bobby  was a cipher who's always looking in, an observer who never  participates. - L.A. TIMES

Sylvia's owner and leading man is portrayed beautifully by Robert Yacko... Not only is Yacko a marvelous straight man to Rigby's comic antics but he does equally  fine work in scenes which require him to show Greg's inner turmoil, as  when he confesses to Kate his need to "Feel more connected to life... to  living". - LAStageScene.com

Mr. Yacko tears up the stage with menace and a ridiculously wounded ego, and the  play's energy level picks up any time he strides onto the stage. - Santa Barbara Press

...a couple of expert performers,  Robert Yacko and Nancy Opel... Miss Opel and Mr. Yacko have the vocal and dramatic range to put over the demanding material. 

- N.Y. TIMES

If  he (Sondheim) is served by (Pamela) Myers as Dot and the aged Marie,  proving she not only has the vocal fortitude for Sondheim's  complexities, but also humor and great appeal, at least the same applies  to Robert Yacko in the dual role of Seurat and Seurat's great-great grandson. It is a clean, reflective, melancholy and intense performance. - Sylvie Drake, L.A. TIMES

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