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REVIEWS
SIX THE MUSICAL
THE FOURTH QUEEN TO ASCEND TO THE THRONE IS ANNA OF CLEVES, PLAYED BY UNDERSTUDY NICOLE KYOUNG-MI LAMBERT, STEPPING IN FOR BRITTNEY MACK. ANNA OF CLEVES WAS MY FAVORITE REIMAGINING OF THEM ALL. HER STYLE RESEMBLES THE POP STAR CHOPS OF A RIHANNA OR NICKI MINAJ. HOWEVER, BEING FROM MINNESOTA, I SAW THE EMBODIMENT OF LIZZO. LAMBERT EXUDES A STRONG, LADY-BOSS TYPE OF ENERGY AS ANNA, AND I AM HERE FOR IT.
EACH OF THE SOLOS FEELS LIKE A SHOWSTOPPER, STARTING WITH “NO WAY,” ADRIANNA HICKS’ ARRESTING CHANNELING OF CATHERINE OF ARAGON, AND ON TO “GET DOWN,” BY NICOLE KYOUNG-MI LAMBERT, THE UNDERSTUDY WHO ABLY STEPPED INTO THE ROLE OF ANNA OF CLEVES.
Rohan Preston, Star Tribune
IT'S ALSO CHEEKY, SHARP-EYED, SELFIE-TAKING, LEFT-SWIPING FUN THAT ELICITS THE KINDS OF WHOOPS AND SQUEALS AND SCREAMS OF DELIGHT YOU GENERALLY DON'T HEAR IN A MUSICAL THEATER SETTING. THE IRON-LUNGED PERFORMERS (ADRIANNA HICKS, ANDREA MACASAET, NICOLE KYOUNG-MI LAMBERT, MALLORY MAEDKE, SAMANTHA PULLY AND ANNA UZELE AT TUESDAY NIGHT'S PERFORMANCE) ARE CLEARLY HAVING A GREAT TIME ENJOYING THEIR SISTERHOOD.
Broadway World News Desk
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
"...A ROLLICKING OPENING NUMBER COURTESY OF THE SHOW’S ALL-PURPOSE GIRL GROUP/GREEK CHORUS (PLAYED BY THE SUPERB TRIO OF SHANTEL CRIBBS, NICOLE LAMBERT, AND ADHANA REID, WITH CHOREOGRAPHY BY CHRISTOPHER CARTER) “LITTLE SHOP”..."
-Alex Huntsberger, Chicago Sun-Times
"THE CHORUS, AN IMPECCABLE TRIO OF WOMEN, IS PERFECTLY IN STEP AND DESERVING OF ITS OWN MUSICAL."
"AND SERVING AS THE STREETWISE CHORUS...IS A TRIO OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS WITH FABULOUS POP VOICES AND MOVES, AND PLENTY OF ATTITUDE: CRYSTAL (NICOLE LAMBERT), RONNETTE (ADHANA REID) AND CHIFFON (SHANTEL CRIBBS). AND THIS TRIO EASILY LIGHTS UP THE STAGE."
-Hedy Weiss, WTTW
" IT WAS A WISE MOVE TO PROMINENTLY POSITION LAMBERT, REID AND CRIBBS AS CHIFFON, CRYSTAL AND RONNETTE IN THIS PRODUCTION AS THEY ARE A HIGH-SPIRITED DELIGHT TO WATCH AND HEAR AS THEY BELT OUT NUMBERS WITH PANACHE AND SASHAY ALL OVER THE STAGE, DELIGHTFULLY FULFILLING THEIR FUNCTION AS KEY NARRATIVE RELATORS."
-Debra Davy, Splash Magazine
"...BUT THE TRIO OF LADIES, CHIFFON SHANTEL CRIBBS), CRYSTAL (NICOLE LAMBERT) AND RONNETTE ( ADHANNA REID) ARE SO POWERFUL THAT YOU ALMOST FEEL AS IF THEY WERE BORN TO DO THESE SONGS."
-Alan Bresloff, Around the Town Chicago
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