“Director Fred Sternfeld has never been better as he scouts out all the pain points in this riveting, virtually sung-through story without ever toppling over into maudlin sentimentality.  I’ve never been so impacted emotionally by this play…”          full review

“Masterful director Fred Sternfeld… is a welcome addition to French Creek Theatre production values. [His] process enables a cast to find their own grounded resilience and enables…fitting the pieces together to provide an emotional journey. Beautiful work, excellent pace and a very satisfying result.”    full review

“Exuberant…something truly wonderful…the attention to detail shows…an emotional ride…heart warming…beautifully executed.”   full review

“A lot of heart…impactful…intimate and personal…well-told stories can touch our lives forever.”          full review

“It’s always fun to see a well-directed, well-played professional…production: this is one.”   full review

“he Karamu production, under the direction of Fred Sternfeld, delights. …There is enough comedy, ridiculousness and delight to make even the Grinch smile.”                                   full review

“Pure pleasure. Wonderfully madcap theatre…diverse casting…a unique decision that deserves applause for its creativity and commentary [and]  feel-good message…be prepared to smile widely and often. You exit the theatre rejuvenated…”          full review

“If your taste in entertainment favors the absurd and madcap, this is must see theater. …Should not be missed.”

“An emotional production…sensitively directed…shattering.”          full review

“A very moving production…beautifully rendered…astounding [and] powerful…very memorable.”         full review

“Director Fred Sternfeld has a firm hand on the many disparate elements in this 90-minute piece.”   full review

“A most absorbing evening…Fred Sternfeld’s strong direction creates sufficient dramatic tension, keeping the audience, including this reviewer, thoroughly engaged.”          full review

“No director in the region can fill a proscenium arch quite like Fred Sternfeld, and his staging of the brawny musical Ragtime was a prime example of his talents…Sternfeld mastered the sweep of events while polishing every small moment until it gleamed.”

“[A] startling achievement … gorgeously professional and emotionally powerful.”

“Fred Sternfeld’s moving Ragtime had more immediacy and power–at a fraction of the ticket price–than most Playhouse Square [Broadway] tours.”

“A notable theatrical event…full of joy and sadness and surprise.”           full review

“This is a magnificent production…director Sternfeld, the maestro of the massive musical uber-production, here is working with about 76 fewer actors than usual. But he keeps every beat change razor sharp and brings out poignant dimensions of these two beautifully written characters.”            full review

“The sort of work that lodges in your brain like a piece of shrapnel.  Filled with humor, pathos and self-awareness.”            full review

“A wonderful production…sensitive direction.”       full review

“Director Fred Sternfeld shapes the pacing of the scenes with clear understanding…resonate with depth, subtlety, and dark humor.”               full review

“An elegantly-tuned production…  As directed by Fred Sternfeld, the characters pulse with honest, well-earned humanity and it is an untrammeled pleasure to watch these four actors negotiate the tiny, claustrophobic world of the Wingfields.  Don’t miss it.”  full review

“Rousing…Cain Park director Fred Sternfeld… deploys [his large cast] with a strategic felicity and effectiveness that Clausewitz might have envied.”

Winner of 6 “Times Tribute Awards for Outstanding Theatre 2007.”

“More than a show–it’s an event…a hugely ambitious undertaking with many highs.”

“Captivating…Sternfeld captures the show’s swirling beauty.”          full review

“In the hands of director Fred Sternfeld, it gets an audience-friendly approach…has charm and humor…a wonderful theatrical experience.”

“As full of laughs as Zabars is full of lox…[Fred Sternfeld] has a sure hand.”

“For all-around great comedy performances and directing, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife at Dobama Theatre was the year’s great high.”

“Fresh and involving…granular direction…an avalanche of emotion.”

“Imagine my surprise to have enjoyed the intimate Fairmount Center version far more than the glitzy Philharmonic incarnation…Director Fred Sternfeld has put together a uniformly strong cast that negotiates Sondheim’s songs with expressive and rhythmic aplomb.”          full review

“Many productions are more of a song-fest than a story with songs about the pros and cons of marriage. Not so with the Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory’s production at the Mayfield Village Civic Center. This is a Company chock-full of talented actors who can sing, dance and generate rich, interesting characters, brought together by a director who marries Sondheim’s style with Furth’s storytelling.”

“Exuberant and moving…fresh, endearing.”

“While never neglecting the glitz, [Sternfeld] somehow always manages to deepen them with a distinctive brand of uber-exuberant reality.”