“The most powerful performance was Ryan Mardesich as the doomed Moritz. Mardesich delivered the angst and the anger and the power of his role, no holds barred. And made the switch back from the stomping and screaming part to the fearful and confused part. Fine performance.”

John Orr, Regarding Arts

“Ryan Mardesich… displays his range, playing all of the caucasian characters (Hakujin) and shows off his dulcet tones as the Big Band Singer.”

Nancy Grossman, Talkin’ Broadway

 “To achieve maximum, gut-wrenching impact, any production of Sweeney Todd has to be willing to unnerve its audience and to plunge into the musical’s depths of darkness. Under the direction of Ryan Mardesich, the Moonbox Productions staging of Sweeney Todd is and does.”

Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe

With their intensely powerful Sweeney Todd christening the new black-box theatre at Arrow Street Arts in Cambridge, Moonbox Productions is “setting the city on fire”…Under Ryan Mardesich and Dan Ryan’s direction, Davron S. Monroe and Joy Clark deliver razor-sharp, pitch-perfect performances of two of the meatiest roles in the musical theatre canon.”

Linda Chin, TheatreMirror

“Moonbox’s Sweeney Todd is triumphant…Director Ryan Mardesich and his designers confront the audience face-first with violent themes…Mardesich’s staging and Joy Clark’s choreography add lascivious layers.” 

Kitty Drexel, New England Theatre Geek

“This Sweeney Todd is the kind of ensemble piece Sondheim envisioned.” 

Martin Copenhaver, ArtsFuse