Theatre Blog of Darryl Maximilian Robinson

"This reviewer has usually related best to big and brawny men as Captain Hook, but lean and sinewy Darryl Maximilian Robinson, EHP’s man of all roles this year, leaves nothing to be desired in his portrayal, and like Mathis and Miss Aiello, relates well to an audience that ranges from tiny kids to their great-grandparents." -- Bill Spurgeon, Guest Reviewer, Peter Pan flies through the air with the greatest of ease, The Mail-Journal of Syracuse, Indiana, August 15, 1984. Sometimes, you don't have to fly to "the second star to the right, and straight on till morning" in order to find your way to J. M. Barrie's Neverland. Sometimes, a professional summer stock contract and a solid two-and-a-half-hour car ride from the Windy City limits to the rural Syracuse, Indiana pathways of "Mad Hatter Drive" and "Wizard of Oz Way" will do. And that proved the case in August of 1984 for your humble servant in The Theatre, Chicago-born and

Your humble servant in The Theatre, Chicago-born and stage-trained actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson, shares notes and photos of his critically-praised performance as Fagin in the 1981 Enchanted Hills Playhouse of Syracuse, Indiana revival production of Lionel Bart's classic musical "Oliver!," a role for which he was particularly named winner of the 1981 Fort Wayne News-Sentinel Reviewer's Recognition Award as Outstanding Thespian of the Season. "Darryl Maximilian Robinson is a perfectly delightful Fagin, playing the pickpocket with just the right combination of impertinence and compassion. Mr Robinson is particularly well-cast because he, like the wily, lovable thief that he plays, obviously knows — and likes — his job." -- Bill Spurgeon, Enchanted Hills Playhouse batting 1,000 with 'Oliver,' The Mail-Journal of Syracuse, Indiana, July 8, 1981. Staged expertly by EHP Artistic Director Dr. Jeffrey P. Koep, produced handsom