Review Highlights
	HAT FULL OF RAIN: CRITIC PICK- "Splendid performances, dust off any remnants of age in Michael Gazzo's 50 year old rock-solid drama...  Belasco's Chuch shows a very sensitive side to his gangland affiliations as countered by..." -Back Stage West PICK OF THE WEEK- "the acting is excellent all around..." -Reviewplays.com "..a stunning production in all aspects from all around, gut wrenching performances...   Matt Laroux & Mark Belasco give stylishly cocky new meaning to the word scumbags..." -The Tulcan Times NORTH OF PROVIDENCE (film): “Gritty & awesome, incredible to watch you two on screen the relationship is dynamic, the acting is so powerful. Wow!”  PBS TV’s Show Biz Rap -Dianne Canney “The acting & stage direction in your film was fantastic. Great film” Movies on a Shoestring 46th Rochester Int. Film Fest. -Brian Peterson, “Superb naturalistic acting during a brutal & saddening argument builds to a well- earnedreconciliation”   Greenwich Film Fest. -Mark Damon Puckett “The play that impressed us so much in 2002, NORTH OF PROVIDENCE, by Edward Allan Baker has now become a film! NORTH OF PROVIDENCE is definitely worth tracking down.”www.electroniclink.com -Laurie Lawson NORTH OF PROVIDENCE (stage): “Baker stakes out a territory of gritty, working class realism similar to the kind Leigh explored in High Hopes and Secrets & Lies. with the contributions of director Russell Treyz and some very solid, naturalistic acting…”   Time Out NY -Lisa Levy “Belasco who brings slovenliness to an art form, and the amazingly natural Del Giudice aresublime as they play off one another, poking and prodding and pushing those old familiar family buttons… North of Providence ends with a gasp… and their characters will remain with you on the way home.”   www.electroniclink.com -Laurie Lawson “Russell Treyz directs with verve…  North of Providence is a confrontation between a depressed brother and his sister who is trying to pull him out of it. It is convincingly acted by Judy DelGiudice and Mark Belasco, who knows how to under play…”   Performing Arts Insider -Richmond Shepard “Belasco and Del Giudice are both very Strong, almost able to smooth over the rough edges of the piece, but able to make it dramatic and moving in any event.”   Talking Broaday.com -Matthew Murray THE NORTH END (film): “anchored by a strong cast of newcomers,…  Much of the structural awkwardness is smoothed over in performance. Del Negro, Belasco and Silvio are extremely charismatic performers who bring a lot of understanding to their respective characters’ weaknesses.”    Variety -Leonard Klady “Belasco calls to mind a young Peter Berg.”   The Boston Phoenix -Tom Meek “Belasco’s Mac, who works nearby in the Financial District and whose affable jock manner cloaks a violet streak, embodies the yuppie incursion decried by the fatalistic locals…strongly acted”  The Boston Globe -Jay Carr