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“Matthews is a hoot as Bingham’s zaftig wife Muriel.” –The Scarsdale Inquirer (The Fox on the Fairway)
“Dickie…rekindles his old love for Muriel played with a Bronx accent to die for by Marianne Matthews.” –White Plains CitizeNetReporter (The Fox on the Fairway) “Muriel, Bingham’s wife, played by Marianne Matthews presents an all too real, yet hilarious portrayal of a demanding and unfulfilled woman.” –The Examiner News (The Fox on the Fairway) “The characters display a heartfelt camaraderie and resilience …with Marianne Matthews getting the most laughs as Ouiser with her ornery retorts.” –Williamsport Sun-Gazette (Steel Magnolias) “Actress Marianne Matthews is in training, catching her nightly eight hours, loading up on fruits and vegetables and regularly hitting the gym. All this in preparation for what could well be dubbed the Olympics of theater—the one-woman show. ‘It’s the ultimate acting challenge,’ she said. –Rebecca Rothbaum, Poughkeepsie Journal (Shirley Valentine) |
“Matthews has never before taken on a one-person role, let alone one slated for New York City… ‘This is one of those moments in life when you are given an opportunity, and you go for it,’ she said.” –Bonnie Langston, Kingston Daily Freeman (Shirley Valentine)
“Director Zenon Kruszelnicki and actor Marianne Matthews…delivered an admirably restrained and surprisingly poignant rendition of Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine. ….Director and actor kept the pace light and quick without descending into frantic and wacky, allowing the play’s more tender moments to ring true.” –Frank Episale, Off-Off Broadway Review (Shirley Valentine)
“….Matthews brought pathos and juicy hysteria to her character’s dilemma.” –David Mackler, Off-Off Broadway Review (Murder on the Nile)
“The cast does a superb job of making the melodrama funny without ever letting it turn into camp. Marianne Matthews, as a woman stalking her former lover, accomplishes this balancing act particularly well; every word that comes out of her drunken anti-hero’s mouth is a laugh riot.” –Brooke Pierce, Theatermania (Murder on the Nile)
“Marianne Matthews played her twitches for comic effect but was never overbearing.” –David Mackler, Off-Off Broadway Review (Towards Zero)
“Director Zenon Kruszelnicki and actor Marianne Matthews…delivered an admirably restrained and surprisingly poignant rendition of Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine. ….Director and actor kept the pace light and quick without descending into frantic and wacky, allowing the play’s more tender moments to ring true.” –Frank Episale, Off-Off Broadway Review (Shirley Valentine)
“….Matthews brought pathos and juicy hysteria to her character’s dilemma.” –David Mackler, Off-Off Broadway Review (Murder on the Nile)
“The cast does a superb job of making the melodrama funny without ever letting it turn into camp. Marianne Matthews, as a woman stalking her former lover, accomplishes this balancing act particularly well; every word that comes out of her drunken anti-hero’s mouth is a laugh riot.” –Brooke Pierce, Theatermania (Murder on the Nile)
“Marianne Matthews played her twitches for comic effect but was never overbearing.” –David Mackler, Off-Off Broadway Review (Towards Zero)
