Happy (far left), on stage for the opening night of "Merchant of Venice" on Broadway
Happy at the "Merchant of Venice" opening night
New York Shakespeare Festival's Merchant of Venice
Happy Anderson and Al Pacino
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Production still from "Bar Karma" on Current TV
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Emancipation
"Mr. Anderson deserves praise for an uncompromising and highly physical performance
in which he uses his hulking size as a kind of threat."
-Jason Zinoman, The New York Times
in which he uses his hulking size as a kind of threat."
-Jason Zinoman, The New York Times
"Emancipation" at The Classical Theatre of Harlem's Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Center
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The End
"[He] is fortunate, however, to be sharing the stage with Happy Anderson, whose fierce, determined performance as Jacob suggests an angrier version of John Goodman's character in "The Big Lebowski."
-Eric Winick, NYTheatre.Com
-Eric Winick, NYTheatre.Com
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Texas Shakespeare Festival's "Cyrano de Bergerac"
Happy Anderson as De Guiche in "Cyrano de Bergerac"
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Hurlyburly
"...Mr. Anderson gives a brilliant, relentless performance as the reeling, hyper, coked-up Eddie. He's an emotional and physical mess, dishevled and sweaty, ranting fast than he can think. After the play's first five minutes you think you can't survive his speed and noise and nonsense a second longer;
then you find yourself hanging on Anderson's every word and gesture as he exquisitely unfolds this vulnerable, pathetic character. Praise falls short; just see it."
-Barbara Adams, The Ithaca Times
then you find yourself hanging on Anderson's every word and gesture as he exquisitely unfolds this vulnerable, pathetic character. Praise falls short; just see it."
-Barbara Adams, The Ithaca Times
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"I've had the pleasure of acting with Mr. Anderson, directing him, being directed by him, and overseeing him as a teacher. Over the past ten years he has proven repeatedly to be one of the most remarkable and versatile theatre artists I know."
-Tom Ridgely, Co-Founder Waterwell
