OC Weekly awards Lizzie, The Musical as Best Musical Production and proclaims Jacqueline Wright as Best Actress from The Other Place in their Best Of: Arts and Entertainment of 2019.
Best Musical Production – Lizzie, The Musical
“Sexy, profane, raucous and more than a touch disturbing, this punk-rock treatment of the tale of the notorious Lizzie Borden was also a completely unapologetic reminder of how the notion of female self-empowerment may have come a long way, baby, but there is still a long way to go. Directed by Jocelyn Brown and featuring a kick-ass six-member band, four riveting actresses and fluid, sinewy choreography courtesy of Hazel Clarke, Lizzie was as much about 2019 as 1890. So straighten up and hide the hatchets, boys!”
Co-Best Actress – Jacqueline Wright
“Jacqueline Wright played a former neurologist-turned-anti-dementia-drug hawker slowly slipping into dementia herself. Wright’s performance, in Chance Theater’s The Other place, showed that hurling one’s self into one’s work is as much reaction as it is action. Fear and confusion were the last things this self-involved character seemed to care about, yet her portrayal revealed that what this character didn’t want to show is what they were feeling most.”
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