"A QUIETLY AFFECTING SHOW... Ordinary Days introduces a promising newcomer to our talent-hungry musical theater. Mr. Gwon writes crisp, fluid and funny lyrics that reflect the racing minds of four New Yorkers on a nervous search for their immediate futures. Ordinary Days...captures with stinging clarity that uneasy moment in youth when doubts begin to cloud hopes for a future of unlimited possibility." --Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
"FULL OF IDIOSYNCRATIC CHARM... A heartfelt and clever look at life in modern-day New York... Gwon is a young writer of significant promise." (Critic's Pick) --Adam Feldman, Time Out New York
"ARRESTINGLY POETIC... A small-scale pleasure. Those who like to spot talented theatrical up-and-comers will want to check out Adam Gwon." (Critic's Choice) --Charles McNulty, LA Times
"RAPTUROUS... Gwon's brushstrokes mark him as a talent to watch." --Variety
"ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY... An engrossing collage of the lives of four New Yorkers in search of that ineffable, elusive, intangible thing -- meaning. Ordinary Days is a place you'll feel grateful to be." --Show Business Weekly
"DELIGHTFUL, INSIGHTFUL... It is so honest -- so down to earth and heart-felt -- you'll love it. Gwon is a new talent that deserves your attention." --Long Beach Gazette
"FRESH, FUNNY, [and] TRUE... It's a play that re-invigorates you, reminds you that this, this is what living is all about. The songwriting was remarkable -- catchy, but conversational...it truly was life set to music." --OC Arts & Culture
"A MOST EXTRAORDINARY little show...move over Jason Robert Brown, stand aside Michael John LaChiusa...this new name on the drama scene commands some attention." --Schenectady Daily Gazette
"Ordinary Days works so beautifully... [It] demonstrates what a skilled theater craftsman such as Gwon can accomplish in less than an hour-and-a-half." -- Daily Pilot
"Gwon is an EMERGING MASTER of musical theater...the lyrics resonate with wit and poetry...the score ebbing between breezy conversation, frenetc intensity, and tender, sometimes heartrending, melodies." --Metroland Online
"Ordinary Days is SO DAMN GOOD that it makes me want to touch myself (as all good things should)... Catchy music, clever lyrics...Gwon has a terrific ear for melody." --Bamboo Nation
"Ordinary Days is EXTRAORDINARY THEATER... Gwon has stitched together a juicy bit of comic drama." --Altoona Mirror
"TOUCHING, FUNNY, and MELODIOUS... Full of catchy tunes matched with sharp, smart lyrics. [You'll] leave with a head full of delightful, striking moments of theater etched in sound." --Centre Daily Times
"BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN... A bright and witty show... One suspects this won't be the last we hear of Adam Gwon." --What's Onstage (London)
“FIVE STARS… One of the best musicals I have seen all year. This [should] be the one ticket you desperately try to get your hands on.” --remotegoat.co.uk (London)
Watch the video of my concert at The Kennedy Center as part of their celebration of "Broadway: Today and Tomorrow"!
Take a look at somephotos from the Fred Ebb Award ceremony!
Read about Signature Theatre's American Musical Voices Project: The Next Generation in Variety and Playbill.com. Exciting stuff!
Read this interview I did with the Spanish website todoMusicales.
Some great backstage photos from the Reach the Sky: Songs by Adam Gwon concert at the York Theatre. How'd my friends get to be so good-looking?
Check out the cover of the July/August 2007 issue of The Dramatist, featuring yours truly as one of "50 to Watch." That's me in the upper left-hand corner, looking slightly orange.
Take a look at this feature article in the New York Times about the America-in-Play project I'm involved in.
Check out some cute photos from the Love's Fire benefit I was a part of. Good times for a good cause!
Some less-cute-more-dorky photos of me being interviewed by Rebecca Luker and Richard Kind at the NAMT Songwriter Showcase.
PR-type folks can download my hi-res headshot here.
