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It's the performers playing the apes who deserve the
biggest kudos. The booming-voiced Shuler Hensley delivers a powerful
turn as their leader Kerchak. (Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter)
Shuler Hensley, the
remarkable actor-singer who won a Tony for his Jud Fry in Oklahoma!,
makes Tarzan's adoptive father, while he's around, a powerful
force. (Orlando Sentinel)
There are strong performances, too, from Merle Dandridge
as his fiercely loving adoptive mother, and Shuler Hensley as the huge,
fierce gorilla who heads the tribe. (Charles Spencer, Telegraph.co.uk)
Much credit goes to the marvelous Shuler Hensley, who imbues Kerchak with
a dignity and integrity that makes this ape admirable. (Barbara Mehlman, RepublicanAmerican)
Hensley brings gravitas and a powerful baritone to Kerchak. (David Rooney,
Variety)
The apes who take Tarzan in are winningly played by the
warm-voiced Merle Dandridge and Shuler Hensley, whose skulking tribe
leader reminded me at times of Rip Torn on The Larry Sanders Show.
(Elysa
Gardner, USA Today)
Most of all, Shuler Hensley, the baronial baritone who
won a Tony Award as Jud Fry in "Oklahoma!" assumes the gruff,
lumbering presence of Tarzan's silverback adoptive father as if he has
studied the Congo exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. (Linda Winer, Newsday.com)
Shuler Hensley and Merle Dandridge almost succeed in
making us care about the great apes who adopt a human baby. They're the
best things in the show. (Lawson Taitte, Dallas Morning News)
Hensley, who was a memorable
Jud Fry in the
"Oklahoma!" revival, provides welcome darkness as the
hulking, scary primate. (Robert Feldberg, NorthJersey.com)
Only Shuler Hensley as
Kerchak fills his costume
credibly, in part because of his rich basso, and an amplified growl that
recalls MGM's Leo. (Malcolm Johnson, Hartford Courant)
Tenderhearted mezzo-alto Dandridge nicely balances the
basso of Hensley, who actually manages to endow Kerchak with humanlike
intensity. (Leonard Jacobs, Backstage.com)
Kala's gorilla mate Kerchak [is] Shuler Hensley, capturing ape behavior
better than anyone on stage, and the magnificent bass voice which won
him a Tony for Oklahoma as fine as ever. (Elyse Sommer, Curtain
Up)
It's hard to act while grunting and dragging your knuckles, but the fine
Shuler Hensley is compelling as Kerchak. (Christopher
Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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