REMEMBRANCE MONDAY

World Premiere
Seven Dials Theatre – London

Two shirtless men in a bathtub, engaging in an animated conversation, with one sitting and the other kneeling on the edge, both smiling and expressive.

“Souza’s direction is taut and imaginative, ensuring that the story retains its nerve-racking pace. The final image, where sound, lights, story, and performance feverishly come together, is unforgettable.” 

Richard Maguire
Reviews Hub

“With Souza’s fast-paced but sensitive direction, the Seven Dials Playhouse has a wonderful hit on its hands. And the performances that Souza has been able to draw out of the play’s two actors are extraordinary.”

Daryl Bennett
UK Theatre Web

“Remembrance Monday shines with directorial brilliance – a truly terrific piece of theatre.”

Darren Lee Murphy
theatreaudiencepodcast

“Superb direction by Alan Souza.”

Oviya Thirumalai
Adventures in Theatreland

Two men face each other in a dark room with a bright light overhead. One man is shirtless, the other dressed in a black jacket, standing near a bathtub.

CAMELOT

Drury Lane Theatre – Chicago

A man dressed in medieval costume stands on a stage, holding a staff, with a large decorative tree backdrop illuminated by stage lighting.

“Alan Souza’s genuinely revisionist new production at the Drury Lane Theatre –a Camelot that takes the far bigger risks and leaps of modernity and that departs the most thoroughly from the usual approach. It's certainly a fascinating and accessible version of one of the great American musicals, at once period-appropriate and very fresh.”

Chris Jones
Chicago Tribune

“The new Drury Lane Theatre revival of Camelot — directed by Alan Souza – might very well put it back in the spotlight. What Souza has done is akin to what filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli did decades ago for Romeo and Juliet. He stripped the show of its aura of uptight sophistication and made it fresh and accessible, with a truthfulness and sexiness just right for the Millennial generation. Unspooling at a rapid clip, with the storytelling exceptionally clear, this Camelot is very much of the moment in both its political and social tuning. And its full embrace of an ending that suggests idealism is largely a fleeting dream seems just right.”

Hedy Weiss
Chicago Sun-Times

A man and woman kiss tenderly on a bed with pillows, with dark curtains in the background.

MY FAIR LADY

Olney Theatre – Washington, D.C.

Two actors in a theatrical performance, leaning over a desk with papers and books, spotlighted on stage with a dark background and shelves of books behind them.

“A roaring new version of a classic!”

Barbara Mackay
Theatremania

“As re-imagined by director Alan Souza, the timeline has been moved to a few years ahead, from the turn of the century to the beginning of the 1920’s – all the more to make this tale of man-versus-woman into a take on woman-versus-society. Souza turns a more intimate love story into a richer yarn of society itself changing.”

Jill Kyle-Keith
DC Theatre Scene

“Seriously, I understood and enjoyed My Fair Lady in a new and expanded way – a fresh, hot, and deliciously satisfying re-envisioning of Lerner and Loewe’s classic.”

Mark Beachy
MD Theatre Guide

Three people, two men and one woman, are on stage during a theatrical performance, holding hands and smiling, with a bookshelf backdrop.

WAIT UNTIL DARK

John W Engeman Theater – New York

A person kneeling down and a child in front of an open refrigerator inside a dimly lit kitchen. The light from the refrigerator illuminates the scene with a warm glow.

“A good scare is the point of most thrillers, and the production of Wait Until Dark, now being staged at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport delivers a spellbinding final scene that fulfills the promise of the play’s reputation as a classic.”

Aileen Jacobson
The New York Times

“The Alan Souza-directed production of Frederick Knott's suspense-filled Wait Until Dark will have you at the edge of your seat in anticipation and apprehension for the entire show.”

Melissa Giordano
Broadway World

A dimly lit room with a person standing on an upper balcony, partially illuminated by light coming through a doorway.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Drury Lane Theatre – Chicago

Group of actors in period costumes on stage, gathered closely and looking at a small object held by one of the women, in a theatrical performance.

“Director Alan Souza and choreographer Ron De Jesus have packed the new Drury Lane production with a feast of sumptuous dazzle. There are real emotional stakes on the Oakbrook Terrace stage. Souza’s cast knows how to bring down the house and deliver on the smaller moments, too.”

Catey Sullivan
Chicago Sun-Times

“Director Alan Souza and his creative team deliver a refreshingly original vision, giving the talented cast space to breathe new life into familiar characters. The result is a beautifully designed, thoughtfully staged, and strongly acted fairy tale that should delight. As Souza observes in his director's note, Beauty and the Beast is about the power of learning to see past surface differences and find true community in our common humanity. It's a beautiful message to embrace, now as much as ever, and this production makes the journey thoroughly entertaining, moving, and ultimately uplifting.”

Emily McClanahan
Broadway World

Two actors in period costumes on stage, engaged in a conversation. The man is wearing glasses, a brown coat, and a hat with goggles, while the woman wears a blue dress with brown accessories. Behind them is a large, rustic contraption with metal and wooden parts, and the stage backdrop depicts an old European village street.

MOURNING THE LIVING

Abingdon Theatre / Dorothy Strelsin – NYC

A woman and a man sitting on a wooden table with their backs to each other, dark background, and a birdcage placed on the table.

“The play was exceptionally well-acted and very moving thanks to subtle performances by all, under Alan Souza’s sensitive direction.”

Myra Chanin
Theater Pizzazz

“Mourning the Living is a brave and fierce look at a caregiver. Director Alan Souza has great feeling for this play. He allows humanity to rise with a tender touch.”

Suzanna Bowling
Times Square Chronicles

A man and woman share a romantic kiss in a dimly lit room, with a wooden table and chair behind them.

RENT

John W Engeman Theater – New York

A group of people performing on stage, with one person holding a person who appears to be floating or suspended in the air, amidst dramatic lighting and dark background.

“Even more powerful than before; a reminder of how awful it was and, for millions worldwide, it still is.  The athletic, vibrant, strong-voiced young cast at the Engeman Theater, stylishly directed by Alan Souza, works hard to evoke the era and succeeds.”

Anita Gates
The New York Times

“Rent, the rock opera with live-for-the-moment urgency, is now the young Engeman Theatre’s finest moment.  Alan Souza pulls this sprawling interpersonal soap together with clarity and dignity.”

Steve Parks
Newsday

A man in a leather coat is speaking or singing on stage to a group of people standing in a line, with a brick wall and artistic graffiti in the background.

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT

Drury Lane Theatre – Chicago

Stage scene with a woman with long curly hair descending stairs, surrounded by kneeling performers in costumes, with a blue-lit background.

“It’s not often that the words ‘spoiler alert’ need to be written in the very opening sentence of a review. But the wildly imaginative conceit that drives Drury Lane Theatre’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat creates such an alternative universe to the original version that such a warning is essential.

You will instantly sense just how ingenious and hilarious the concept brought to the musical by director Alan Souza, musical director Alan Bukowiecki and choreographer Grady McLeod Bowman really is. And while you might very well re-title the production Joseph: The Remix, you will leave the theater smiling.

No, this is not your parents’ or grandparents’ Joseph. But I will say both ‘bravo’ and ‘amen’ to that.”

Hedy Weiss
Chicago Sun-Times

A theatrical scene with multiple actors dressed in eclectic, vintage costumes around a large red table. Two actors stand in the center, facing each other, with one touching the other's chest, while a person lies on the floor underneath the table.