"Founding Artistic Director Madeline Ramsey . . . keeps the pace brisk, the youth actors beaming and the adult actors streaming, with choreography by Stephen Casey. Enough superlatives won't fit in here to praise all of those in the large and extraordinary cast. If there's only one show you can see this season, PYT's "A Christmas Carol: The Musical" is it: the loveliest, merriest and most delightful of this year's area Christmas shows."
Paulanne Simmons NY Theatre Wire July, 2007
"'Whoop-Up' is a 'flop' more people should see! Its music is catchy, its words are clever and its plot is light-hearted and at times gently satirical. Director David Norman kept the show moving with plenty of action and dance, choreographed by Dawn Trautman, that were remarkably robust considering the Duplex's small stage. 'Whoop-Up' is way better than many of the hits one sees on Broadway today. If the show is someone's idea of a flop, this reviewer would like to see many more of them."
The Cast of Snoopy!
nytheatre.com review Matt Schicker · March 11, 2006 Snoopy! The Musical
The most impressive aspect of Brooklyn Family Theatre’s production is the very strong musical values. The voices here are terrific—the seven actors manage to get the lyrics across to the audience in spite of the difficult acoustics of BFT’s church sanctuary venue, and the ensemble is musically crisp and well-rehearsed. The women’s trio “I Know Now” is a vocal highlight of Act I . . . As Lucy, Dawn Trautman is bossy and has a powerful voice...There is much to enjoy in Snoopy!!! for children and adults, and Brooklyn Family Theatre’s production is well worth the trip.
What's Your Problem - Original Cast
Cabaret Scenes Review Peter Leavy May 31, 2005 What's Your Problem
As [Hector Coris] overly protests any lack of bitterness over his own song, In Heaven (They Sing Nothing But Show Tunes), losing last year’s MAC Award for Special Material to Mary Liz McNamara’s Bacon, the other three members of the cast come on with Do It Anyway. The lyric, delivered with mock resignation, deserves repeating:
Please - Leave your cell phones on. Light up a cigarette. Talk to your neighbor Ignore all etiquette. You know you’re gonna do it anyway.
The other cast members play together well, as overtly cynical as their leader ... The sole female player, Dawn Trautman, regrettably deals with her man-hunting reality by Lowering My Standards . . . What’s Your Problem? succeeds at what it sets out to do: express a skeptical look at almost everything, and do it with panache. The revue is highly amusing, the songs cleverly conceived and executed, and the staging effective. It’s worth a trek to The Encore.
