“Rock’s gorgeous operatic vocals more than match his leading man good looks as Anatoly, his deeply affecting “Anthem” ending Act One with an emotional wallop.”
[more]: StageScene LA
“Anatoly is the largest male role here and Rock commands the stage. He has a gifted voice and, under the musical direction of Marc Macalintal, he and all the other actors are careful to slow the music down just a bit to make sure the audience can understand the lyrics.”
[more]: EDGE Los Angeles
“Wonderful Joan Almedilla, as American chess second Florence, has spine-tingling power, together with Elijah Rock’s resonant, if curiously un-accented, Russian champion Anatoly and plangent Carey Rebecca Brown’s abandoned Svetlana making “Mountain Duet” and “I Know Him So Well” high points.”
[more]: LA Times