“Barefoot and coiled like a ready-to-pounce cat, Abud has the feral edge of one who finally realizes that niceties and manners can get in the way of truth and living.”

— Rohan Preston, Minnesota Star Tribune

“Not only has George Abud written a searing play, there is never a doubt that he understands and lives the words he has written. From the moment he strums his first note, the audience is in his grasp.” 

— Joe Sarafolean, BroadwayWorld

“It’s no surprise that George Abud walks off with the show as Nixon… He prods and cajoles, jeers and intimidates, until he bellows the most bluntly inspired hook of the night: “Richard Nixon gonna beat yo hippie a--.” 

— Naveen Kumar, The Washington Post

“A delightful George Abud… his befuddled but gallant Sir Evelyn Oakleigh is reminiscent of both Danny Kaye and British comic actor Terry Thomas.” 

— Lynn Venhaus, PopLife STL

“George Abud, excellent.”

— Jesse Green, The New York Times

“His chief antagonist/demon is the late U.S. president Richard Nixon, whom Thompson despised and analyzed in his 1973 book “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail.” George Abud, who gave a fierce performance as the historic modernist Filippo Marinetti in the Playhouse’s “Lempicka” last season, electrifies every scene he’s in here as the snide and calculating Nixon.”

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune

“George Abud is another ideal hand-in-glove fit for the role of Italian pro-fascist modernist Filippo Marinetti. His edgy performance of the high-flying song “Perfection” is one of those moments in a show where thoughts of future Tony nominations dance in the head.”

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune

“With the arrival of Nerd Face, played with wonderfully sweet dorkiness by George Abud (“The Band’s Visit”), you can feel the air turn electric. There is a very good chance that you will be as instantly smitten with him as he is with Smize (Schein) in her polka-dotted fit-and-flare dress.”

— Laura Collins-Hughes, The New York Times

“Playing the role of violinist Camal, George Abud consistently wows with both his comic timing and musical virtuosity. His voice gloriously rings through the theater in "Itzik's Lullaby," during which he plays an oud.”

— Zachary Stewart, TheatreMania

“Abud’s readings of Blok’s poetry are particularly haunting: a persistent, slightly erotic cadence to his voice, his eyes heavy with the weight of too much seen.”

— Zachary Stewart, TheaterMania

“The actor in the part, George Abud, evokes the snapping comedy of Peter Sellers; each has a Groucho Marx edge to his taunts.”

— Troy Patterson, The New Yorker

“The funny and charming-as-all-heck George Abud.”

— Ben Kaye, New City Stage

“George Abud is a nimble, fast-talking delight.”

— Sara Holdren, Vulture