Harold and Maude
© Roger Mastroianni
“Corey Mach is a gorgeous singer, cute as heck and completely nails the hilarious morbidity in a part immortalized by Bud Cort.” –Tony Brown (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
“Tall, gangly Corey Mach captures the moody, morbid Harold in ways that are hilarious and heartbreaking. Mach makes Harold’s budding relationship with Maude touching and believable.” – Fran Heller (Cleveland Jewish News)
“Cain Park director Victoria Bussert is renowned for unearthing and polishing young talent. In her selection of Corey Mach to play Harold, she's surpassed herself. Mach has the perfect outsized Hirschfeld features that turn supporting players into stars. He also has the rare ability to transform himself from geek to heartthrob in a beat. Added to this is a conviction that could make a toothpaste jingle ring out with the emotional honesty of vintage Rodgers and Hammerstein.” -Keith A. Joseph (Cleveland Free Times)
“Corey Mach nicely underplays his character’s agony and doesn’t make Harold as irritating as he easily could have been...” –Christine Howey (Rave & Pan)
“Corey Mach is exactly what Harold needs to be. Even when he awkwardly plays the spoons and sings with Maude, his final change from a depressed, nearly despondent youth to the life-loving youngster Maude has brought to him, he dazzles.” –Herb Hammer (Chagrin Valley Times)
“The principals are brilliantly matched: as the suicidal young Harold, Corey Mach is both morose and winsome while Maryann Nagel is spunky and deep as the octogenarian Maude.” –Linda Eisenstein (Cool Cleveland)
Tall,
lanky and talented Mach is very believable as Harold. The opening scene is
hysterical. He does a fine job of making the transition from an emotionally
dead youth to a sensitive young man who seems to have found a purpose in life…”
– Roy Berko (royberko.info)