THE BET
Book by Tony Sportiello, Music & Lyrics by David Wolfson
Midtown International Theatre Festival, Summer 2017
Awarded "Best Director of a Full-Length Play or Musical"
AN EVENING AT THE CARLYLE
Book by Tony Sportiello, Music & Lyrics by Al Tapper
Algonquin Theater, June–October 2009
“Altogether charming. ... An Evening at the Carlyle is ... a lovely revue, wonderfully sentimental in tone and as lush as Bemelmans' barflies"
Hannah Gold, July 12 2009
“The surprise Off-Broadway hit of the summer theatre season”
“Editor's Choice"
Frederick M. Winship, July 21 2009
BURIED CHILD
by Sam Shepard
Michael Chekhov Theatre, March–May 2006
“Exciting … powerful … intriguing …”
“Directed by Tom Herman with a sure hand and a sense of the music intrinsic to Shepard dialogue, … the production shows that the play is … a tragic opera”
“Using the intimate space to his cast’s advantage, Mr. Herman groups the actors so that nothing extraneous upstages the action or blunts the impact of the words”
Andrea Stevens, March 21 2006
“Finely tuned acting and directing…stunning and provocative…should not be missed”
David Pearlstein, March 28 2006
MARK TWAIN'S BLUES: A PLAY WITH SONGS
by Walter Stepp
DR2 Theatre, April–May 2008
“The multi-talented cast, under the steady and often inventive direction of Tom Herman, transports the audience”
May 2008
“Tom Herman directs with imagination and resourcefulness”
William Coyle, February 17 2008
“The quartet of actors, under Tom Herman's inventive direction, … keep things interesting”
Steven Suskin, April 13 2008
CLOUD NINE
by Caryl Churchill
Gallery Players, September 2004
“Excellent direction and superb acting… a wonder… a comforting assurance”
“Mr. Herman… has once again shown he’s a great asset to the Gallery Players for many reasons, not the least of which is his ability to hold judgment in check while giving free reign to irony”
Paulanne Simmons, September 25 2004
“An excellent production… each atypical casting shed new light on gender and societal roles… thoroughly enjoyable”
“Director Tom Herman is to be commended for his casting and for his sensitivity to the magnified gender roles”
Jenny Sandman, September 26 2004
LOBBY HERO
by Kenneth Lonergan
Gallery Players, February–March 2004
“... strong direction of sensitive and skilled actors"
Paulanne Simmons, March 6 2004
“An impressive, funny production … engrossing, comedic, complex”
Abby Ranger, February 26 2004
THE VIEW FROM K STREET STEAK
By Walter Stepp
Altered Stages, April–May 2007
“A smart play. ... Director Tom Herman does a good job keeping the pace snappy and he ensured a really nice separation of styles between the vaudevillian act and the scenes"
Richard Hinojosa, April 12 2007
THE NINTH CIRCLE
By Edward Musto
45th Street Theater, March 2002
“... Tom Herman's snappy, unsentimental direction ... kept the piece moving ... with theatrical power."
Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen, April 4, 2002
NATIONAL PASTIME
Book by Tony Sportiello, Music & Lyrics by Al Tapper
Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, May 2010
After a series of developmental readings, National Pastime has gone on to be produced in Washington D.C., Austin, Phoenix, Scranton, Bucks County Playhouse and Guadalajara, Mexico