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"Gatchel especially reminded one of the gatling gun recitative songs sung by the incomparable Danny Kaye. The Chairman instigates all the action. Gatchel as performer/puppet master, is in complete control of his environment. The audience is in his grasp at all times.
Bob Gatchel - Actor, Director, Artistic Director
Heathers: The Musical - Best Director Award
Best Direction (Musical) - Bob Gatchel
Best Scenic Design - Bob Gatchel
Best Musical - Heathers: The Musical
REVIEW: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
"How Candlelight prepares for all those endings of ‘Drood’"
"And since the chairman (a character functioning as the narrator, played by Bob Gatchel) notes “we’re all entitled to a happy ending,” which of three female characters is matched with which of six male characters to sing a happy duet?"
REVIEW: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
"Bob Gatchel as Roy Cohn was, for me, a revelation. I had last seen him in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, where he was a jaunty song-and-dance man. Here he shed every ounce of musical comedy charm to embody the venomous, swaggering power broker, dying yet defiant. Gatchel’s Cohn was mesmerizing: terrifying, pitiable, and grotesquely magnetic.
ALICE BY HEART - Winner of 10 Awards
Best Direction of a Musical - Bob Gatchel
Best Performer in a Musical - Josh Townsend
Best Supporting Performer in a Musical - Ava Taylor
Best Music Direction - Julie Lawrence
Best Choreography - Madalynn Martino
Best Costume Design - Sally Borghart
Best Lighting Design - Valerie “V” Gatchel
Best Set Design - Jay Keenan
Alice By Heart - Best Director Award
REVIEW: The Producers
"Bob Gatchel and Caleb Tracy understand the assignment of over-the-top Mel Brooks characterizations. They both chew the stage, spit it out, and dance ALL over it! Even though it’s a group song, “Keep It Gay” is owned by Gatchel. The scene leading up to that song and, really any time Gatchel and Tracy are involved, are riotous events. The full cast, you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me, here’s-what-you’ve-been-waiting-for number “Springtime for Hitler” does not disappoint. When the banners unfurl and the goose-step runs amuck, you certainly know that Mel Brooks’ zaniness is in the building."
- Rosanne DellAversano - BroadwayWorld.com
