OKLAHOMA!
by Rodgers & Hammerstein
directed by Daniel Fish
Circle In the Square, Broadway
St. Ann's Warehouse
Bard Summerscape
"James Davis makes ebullient, robustly sung delight out of the doofy Will..."
Sara Holdren, New York Magazine
"Lovable, with flashes of creepiness....a wonderful showcase number..."
Sarah Larson, The New Yorker
WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT...
by Jackie Sibblies Drury
directed by Eric Ting
Soho Rep
"Davis amuses as the character actor who seems to be angling for a bigger role to play, and who smartly turns a potentially offensive portrayal of a black grandmother into one of the more grounded moments of the entire show."
Dan Bacalzo, Theatermania
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
by Eugene O'Neill
directed by Alex Burns
Quintessence Theater Group
"His performance effectively details the young artist/poet struggling to find his own path is a new world."
Neal Newman, DC Metro
"Davis brings off the play’s one glimpse of ecstatic union with life, making it sing for a moment before darkness."
John Timpane, The Enquirer
THE HOUSE OF
BLUE LEAVES
by John Guare
directed by David Cromer
Broadway
"Helmer David Cromer knows the secret to a good revival: Keep it faithful and don't comment from on high. The year is 1965 and America is looking for miracles in Cromer's transporting revival...with topliners Ben Stiller, Edie Falco, and Jennifer Jason Leigh..."
Marilyn Stasio, Variety
RICHARD II
by William Shakespeare
directed by Alex Burns
Quintessence Theater Group
"Burns offers James Davis' Richard a star turn, and Davis wears it like an ermine robe. "
Wendy Rosenfield, The Inquirer
"Davis has an uncanny way of coming off as 17, with a curled lip, an innocent look and the occasional disposition of a high-school prankster."
Howard Shapiro, WHYY
CLYBOURNE PARK
by Bruce Norris
directed by Eric Ting
Long Wharf Theatre
"Davis is terrific as the bumbling priest, bewildered builder and bruised soldier."
Sherry Shameer Cohen, Broadway World
**Connecticut Critics Circle nomination for Best Ensemble
ROMEO & JULIET
by William Shakespeare
directed by David Muse
Shakespeare Theater
"First of all, James Davis’s Juliet is amazing...He makes Juliet seem young again...He’s all nose and knees, all coltish, breastless edge-of-fourteen...Somehow the gender confusion in Davis’s performance reflects the inherent conflict between Juliet’s aptitude for abstraction and her lack of maturity."
Eve Tushnet, Washington Life Magazine
AMERICAN BUFFALO
by David Mamet
directed by Joy Zinoman
Studio Theatre, DC
"We can see the wheels slowly turning inside his mind, and the ripe lines seem to plop out of his mouth the nanosecond they can have maximum effect. It is excellent work..."
Tim Treanor, DC Theater Scene
"Davis as Bobby was vulnerable and heartbreaking..."
Julie LePorte, Washington Life Magazine
THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
by James Lecesne
directed by Tony Speciale
Abingdon Theater Company