"The Fantasticks:" Squarish splendor reborn in Times Square Aug 26, 2006
Leo Burmester and Martin Vidnovic play the lovers' crusty fathers as if they'd been in the roles for years, as does Douglas Ullman Jr. as the top-hatted mime. The show's secret weapons are the pair of ragtag troupers who emerge from a stage trunk to ply their limited but reliable wares. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
The Fantasticks Aug 24, 2006
The Narrator (El Gallo) - Burke Moses The Boy (Matt) - Santino Fontana The Girl (Luisa) - Sara Jean Ford The Boy's Father (Hucklebee) - Leo Burmester The Girl's Father (Bellomy) - Martin Vidnovic The Old Actor (Henry) - Thomas Bruce The Man Who Dies (Mortimer) - Robert R. Oliver The Mute - Douglas Ullman Jr. ... The fathers are played by veteran Broadway players Leo Burmester (who has been known to chew the scenery, and happily does so here) and Martin Vidnovic (a one-time El Gallo, circa 1973).... (Variety)
TV review: Carry Me Home Dec 10, 2004
Cast: Harriet: Penelope Ann Miller; Charlie: Kevin Anderson; Bernard: David Alan Basche; Carrie: Ashley Rose Orr; Mrs. Gortimer: Jane Alexander; Grizzle: Leo Burmester; Zeke: Nicholas Braun; Brian: Harrison Chad; Hattie: Catrina Ganey; Lijah: Dajon Matthews-Roach; Simon: Richard Fay; Young Carrie: Ashley Greiner. Executive producer: Matthew S. Hansen; Producers: Anna Ryan Hansen, Sean Hewitt; Line producer: Brian Bell; Director: Jace Alexander; Teleplay: Christopher Fay; Director of photography:... (Hollywood Reporter)
San Francisco Chronicle Mar 13, 2004
Starring Alison Elliott, Leo Burmester ... She's back in the period drama "Red Betsy,'' and she's the best thing in it. Negotiating the role of a forward-thinking woman constrained by family demands and era, Elliott elevates a picture that's lovely to look at but lacking in dramatic impact. She plays a rural Wisconsinite named Winifred over a 10-year period, through marriage, pregnancy, the death of her World War II flyer husband and an increasingly strained relationship with her... (Google News Canada -- Entertainment)
Mini reviews: 'Red Betsy' and 'The Flower of Evil' Nov 20, 2003
Before he leaves, he makes her promise to take care of his widowed father, Emmet (character actor Leo Burmester). Emmet is such a chronic curmudgeon that the boy assigned to play Scrooge in the school's annual presentation of "A Christmas Carol" sneaks over to his farm to study him with binoculars so he can base his characterization on the cranky old goat (Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
By Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune Nov 19, 2003
The film centers around Winifred (Alison Elliott), an independent young woman whose big-city dreams are dashed when new husband Dale goes off to fight in World War II, leaving her behind, pregnant, to care for his gruff and newly widowed father, Emmet (Leo Burmester), in Wisconsin farm country. Soon Winifred becomes a widow herself, a single mother with two children to look after -- her baby girl Jane and Emmet -- and a life far different from what she had planned (Zap2it.com)
