"...Bob Gaudio is played with a delightful prissy elegance by Stephen Ashfield."
Jane Edwardes, Time Out
"...We now have a new star in Stephen Ashfield."
Simon Bates, Classic fm
"...Stephen Ashfield is excellent as the intellectually aspiring Gaudio, and sings beautifully. "
Warwick Thompson, Bloomberg.com
"...Stephen Ashfield has a sweet-faced sincerity
which makes him highly credible as the band's brainy
sexual innocent, with an unexpectedly powerful voice making his rendition of "December 1963" a particular highlight.
"
Karen Fricker, Variety
"...The gifted composer Bob Gaudio, who wrote 'Who Wears Short Shorts' when he was 15,
is played by Stephen Ashfield with exceptional naturalness and assurance."
Susannah Clapp, The Observer
"...Stephen Ashfield is touching as the quiet, determined Gaudio."
Sarah Hemming, The Financial Times
"...Stephen Ashfield adds a little sophistication as the outsider Bob Gaudio."
Paul Vale, The Stage
"...Stephen Ashfield as Bob Gaudio, always the serious one in the group and the composer of many hits, brings an unshowy delicacy
to a role which, in real life, must have been very difficult"
Paul Callan, The Sunday Express
"...The introduction of Stephen Ashfield’s confident, articulate, gifted Bob Gaudio signals the start of the group’s rise to fame."
Official London Theatre Guide
"...Stephen Ashfield is engagingly bluff as Bob Gaudio, the songwriter who came along at just the right time to
carry the boys to the top of the pop world."
