Biloxi Blues
by Melinda Schupmann, Back Stage West
May 17, 2007
The ensemble works beautifully together ... Characters are nuanced, avoiding potential caricature...A standout is David J. Dalton as Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey, an old-school drill instructor who blends tough tactics with occasional glimpses of heart.
Inventing Van Gogh
by Eric Marchese, OC Register
February 9, 2007
His voice carrying a slightly Dutch tinge, Dalton's van Gogh is a study in mercurial emotions, by turns stern, anxious, buoyant, angry, talkative, tortured. In his compact frame, Dalton also captures the man's physical frailty.
Variations On a Theme: The Best
by Steven Stanley, LAStageScene.com
November 29, 2007
...is a deeply moving portrait of an elderly married couple living with the husband’s Alzheimer’s and what appears to be the wife’s incipient senility, and the effect this has on their grown children. David J. Dalton creates an indelible portrait of a man who can no longer distinguish between past and present, between real and unreal...
