“As the band strikes up and the singers open their throats in the hit Broadway revival of “Into the Woods,” the audience realizes it is immersed in a blessed event. Saints (and sound designers) be praised.”
“Director David Ruttura gets plenty of help from scenic designer Edward T. Morris’ recreating of Sun Studios, Alex Neumann’s gorgeous sound design, and Cory Pattak’s lighting design.”
“…it’s filled with songs, glorious songs that sound wonderful (a credit to Alex Neumann, who allows us to hear the intricacies of William David Brohn’s orchestrations).”
“Sound Designers Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann seem to have cracked the curse of the Kennedy Center Opera House”
“…the clarity with which Sondheim’s lyrics reach our ears is perhaps double the norm. Have you ever experienced what I call audibility fatigue at the theater — the feeling of exhausted defeat that sets in when you lose half the words in musical amplification issues or garbled vocal execution? The opposite occurs in the St. James”
“Alex Neumann's sound design, no doubt with contributions from Michael Finke's original music, immerse us in a world where the deep bass notes of a piano can spell disaster.”
“…the sound design by Alex Neumann is also subtle and deeply affecting.”
“The sound design by Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann delivers some of the clearest sound I've heard in a show at the Orpheum.”