"Ryan Lee has a style and comfort as the Duke that make him a joy to watch, and he manipulates the deceptively difficult verse with flowing grace and confident skill; indeed, the Duke is on stage for most of the two-plus hours of the play...and makes the most of every minute.....the production kept my attention—especially when Lee was on stage." - nytheater.com
BAD EVIDENCE
“sinister and darkly comic… Lee find ways to make acutely unlikable people interesting and funny” - nytheatre.com
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
“Ryan Lee… has panache and captures the lovable quality of Bottom well. A ground-breaking interpretation... he proves that the Shakespeare of yesterday can be just as profound today” - nytheatre.com
LOOK BACK IN ANGER
"...the electricity that keeps this production humming comes from the indefatigable Ryan Lee as Jimmy. With notable facility and ferocity, he skillfullydelivers Jimmy's barrage of dialogue - his character shoulders the vast majority of the lines - and manages to simultaneously engender admiration for his character's comic bent and repugnance for his callous invective. Lee is a frenetic but also coolly controlled presence on stage - qualities that coalesce into a chilling picture of a man whose rage seeps out as self-destruction...with Lee providing the striking ballast as Jimmy, this production turns in an accomplished and vivid revival..." - Backstage
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
"Ryan Lee is a brilliant illumination as younger brother Hap, a role that's often shortchanged. Suave, driven, a little dirty, a little self-loathing, Lee's Hap follows his father's lead as surely as Biff, misunderstanding Willy's essence in an equal but opposite way." - The Oregonian
HAMLET
"Ryan Lee colors his Hamlet with a rich range of emotions...from morose to vengeful to tormented lover to betrayed friend to calculated, giddy craft. He underlays this with a sense of fatality and maturity..." - Ojai Valley News
"...brooding at first, then almost giddy in his expressions of insanity feigned to disguise his true state of mind....(Lee) manages to rise to the role at crucial moments, summoning the requisite emotional depths...a well-presented Hamlet that ultimately engaged the audience and cut through to the core." - Ventura County Star
PROOF
"...the dorky love interest, Hal (played by a very funny Ryan Lee), is a highlight." - Portland Mercury
