PRESS
FILM REVIEWS
LADRON QUE ROBA A LADRON (Lionsgate Films)
"The "accountant" played by Richard Azurdia is FABULOUS. Go see it just to watch his facial expressions and over the top character. He was great."
- CRANNKLEFT.COM
AMERICA 101 (Fobia Films)
"Miguel Castro and Richard Azurdia, are SO LOVABLE you'll never call a Mexican border crosser an "alien" again."
- DOWNTOWN TUCSONAN
GB2525 (New Legacy Ent.)
"OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES by Richard Azurdia as “Puppet” cap off an outstanding ensemble of soon to be discovered actors."
- EXAMINER.COM
THEATER REVIEWS
"Richard Azurdia showed GREAT over the top contrast as the skeptical, yet caring father of Marisela, Fabián and the charismatic political opponent to immigration, Tom Tancredo." - BROADWAYWORLD.COM
"Azurdia barges through a number of characters with FEROCIOUS COMMITMENT..." - VARIETY
"Richard is HILARIOUS in a scene set in Miami, playing an over-the-top Cuban woman..." - BACKSTAGE
"Grumio (as played by Richard Azurdia) is the MOST OUTRAGEOUS, the most commedia, acting out Petruchio’s wedding horse, like one of Monty Python’s of Holy Grail." - THEBILLSHAKESPEAREPROJECT.COM
"...Elbow, the constable, here played DELIGHTFULLY by Richard Azurdia."
- MOSTLY SHAKESPEARE
"Richard Azurdia also gives a STRONG PERFORMANCE... playing him as a man who chooses his words and actions very carefully, as subdued but intense." - BACKSTAGE
FRIDA KAHLO
w / Grupo De Teatro Sinergia at the Frida Kahlo Theater
"...the VIVID Azurdia, though hardly a behemoth, embodies (Diego) Rivera with BRAVURA TECHNIQUE... stellar turns by Minerva Garcia as Kahlo and Richard Azurdia as husband Diego Rivera."
-LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Richard Azurdia plays him (Diego Rivera) with all the necessary EXTRAVAGANT magnificence."
- KATE WEST REVIEWS
"Richard Azurdia is a TENDER but ominous Diego Rivera"
- LA OPINION
"MUST-SEE OUTstanding performance by Minerva Garcia as Frida and Richard Azurdia as Diego Rivera."
- LATINOLA.COM
"The play stars Minerva García as Kahlo and Richard Azurdia as her husband, fellow painter Diego Rivera. Both deliver performances filled with EMOTIONAL, FUNNY and DRAMATIC RANGE."
- REMEZCLA.COM
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
at The Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival
"Richard Azurdia's vividness turns on a HYSTERICAL dime from affability to outrage as Page."
- LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Other WONDERFULLY drawn characters include Richard Azurdia's heart-clutching Page."
- BACKSTAGE
"Richard Azurdia’s EYES ARE BIG enough to register across vast distances."
- L.A. STAGE TIMES
AMERICAN NIGHT: THE BALLAD OF JUAN JOSE
at The Denver Center Theatre Co.
"When this cast is on, they are ON FIRE - most notably company newcomer Richard Azurdia."
- DENVER POST
"Teddy Roosevelt never looked so good, or so real, as he is portrayed by the EXORBITANTLY TALENTED Richard Azurdia... Azurdia has a more stylized presentation than the other actors. It works well in a piece not grounded in reality but rather erupting from black comedy."
- BERKSHIRE FINE ARTS
THIS LAND
at Company of Angels
"Azurdia’s heroic Tomas and his sweet and gentle Fidel are BOTH GEMS..."
- STAGE SCENE LA
"Richard Azurdia himself hits on all the RIGHT EMOTIONS... Later, Azurdia also STANDS-OUT as the hapless “Fidel...”
- BUCKING TRENDS
"As Tomas, Azurdia has a GREAT PORTRAYAL of a man who tried to do right for his village... we had Azurdia’s Fidel and his Taco Truck, which was just a realistic and very human portrayal..."
- CA HIGHWAYS
"Richard Azurdia as Tongva chief Tomás resigns himself sadly and stoically to the forced abdication of traditional ways. But Azurdia’s own ancient, OLD-SOUL CHARISMA sustains the chieftain’s nobility, dignity & wisdom. "
- BROOKLYN & BOYLE
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
at The Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival
"...Richard Azurdia and Xavi Moreno are VIVID as his henchman..."
- LOS ANGELES TIMES
"...Richard Azurdia’s Borachio is WONDERFULLY
over-the-top."
- THEBILLSHAKESPEAREPROJECT.COM
"...backed by Richard Azurdia and Xavi Moreno as his stoogish henchmen, this trio brings a surprisingly SUCCESSFUL sense of the melodramatic to the proceedings."
- ARTS IN L.A.
MY MANANA COMES
at The Fountain Theatre
"Richard Azurdia puts on a POWERFUL PERFORMANCE as a Mexican immigrant sending money to his family back home. Azurdia will leave you SPEECHLESS…"
- THE HOLLYWOOD TIMES
"very talented cast… Richard Azurdia EFFORTLESSLY exhibits Jorge’s humility, his integrity, his commitment to his family…"
- BROADWAYWORLD.COM
"one superb performance after another—Stallings’ dynamic, focused Peter, Azurdia’s WARMLY paternal Jorge, Castelblanco’s adorably naïve Pepe, and Pasco’s edgy, intense Whalid..."
- STAGE SCENE LA
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
at The Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival
"One of the FUNNIEST SCENES was Azurdia’s colorful description of Adriana’s serving wench as “spherical... Richard Azurdia and Bobby Plasencia each wring maximum laughs from their roles.”
- STAGEANDCINEMA.COM
"...Dromio of Syracuse (Richard Azurdia) and Dromio of Ephesus (Bobby Plasencia) get even MORE LAUGHS as the confused twin servants answering to two identical masters."
- BACKSTAGE
BACKYARD
at Echo Theater Co.
"... Azurdia’s easy humor leaves us WANTING to know MORE about Raymundo Sr... "
- STAGE RAW
"Rocha and Azurdia’s interactions are PERFECT. The arc to their relationship is executed beautifully..."
- CULVER CITY NEWS
"...with Azurdia completing the adult cast to PERFECTION."
- STAGE SCENE LA
