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A DOLL'S HOUSE (at Gulfshore Playhouse)
Beth Hylton as Nora
“Put everything you think you know about Henrik Ibsen classic "A Doll's House" out of your mind. Director Kristen Coury (and a top-notch cast) lays waste to any thoughts of a boring 19th century evening with an edge-of-the-seat, lean-forward, heart-pounding experience that brings an entire theater to an absolutely still hush… Beth Hylton breathes sparkling life into her Nora. The character seems a porcelain doll yet cracks open to reveal iron. Hylton runs through all that with a saucy tilt of her nose, a fluttering of the eyes and a voice that goes up and down the scale from meadowlark joy to stricken sparrow's terror in a few moments. Beth Hylton makes magic happen on stage.”
Chris Silk, Naples Daily News
“Director Kristen Coury created a stunning and intense work of art in cooperation with her cast. (When Nora leaves) …the whole house would be screaming "YOU GO GIRL!" if they weren't chilled to a hush by the brilliant acting.”
Chris Silk, Stage Door Blog
“The image of Ms. Hylton’s Nora, - concealing the hollowness at the core of her existence while striving, striving, striving to please – haunts the memory.”
Bill O’Neill, On the Town, naplesnews.com
UP (at Hippodrome State Theatre)
Beth Hylton as Helen
“If superb acting is what you appreciate in the theatre, then you will find it in abundance in this marvelous production.”
Dick Kerekes, Entertaining You Jacksonville
FILTHY
RICH (at Baltimore's Everyman Theatre)
Beth Hylton as Anne
“…The best things about the production are the performances
of Hylton and Anderson as the two sisters. They have a breezy,
sly self-assurance about them that's irresistible.
We know they're lying about something and we know their legs and cleavage
are more dangerous weapons than any of the pistols that are pointed
at people, but we don't care, for we are as much putty in their hands
as Jamie is.”
Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore City Paper
IDEAL HUSBAND (at Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre)
Beth Hylton as Gertrude Chiltern
“PICT’s production is ‘Ideal’: Director Andrew
S Paul has assembled a wonderful cast… David
Whalen and Beth Hylton as Sir Robert and Lady Chiltern add complexity
to their characters, so that the fate of the Chiltern’s marriage
merits attention”
Anna Rosentein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Wilde’s Ideal Husband remains smart,
compelling: as the Chilterns, David Whalen and Beth Hylton
head the solid cast.”
Alice T Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER (at Hippodrome State Theatre)
Beth Hylton as Catharine Holly
“(The) cast members give strong performances… Hylton’s
Catharine commands the stage.”
Arline Greer, The Gainesville Sun
LIFE (x) 3 (at Gulfshore Playhouse)
Beth Hylton as Sonia
“The cast (…) is remarkably good. Beth Hylton gives
a wonderfully nuanced performance as Sonia. She somehow conveys
the inner struggle going on between the woman’s heart and her
head…”
Drew Sterwald, The News-Press
PRIVATE LIVES (at Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre)
Beth Hylton as Amanda
“The actors (…) are very likeable, especially
Hylton as the elegant and fiery Amanda. Hylton is so animated
and expressive as the bored socialite she often doesn’t have to
speak a line to have the audience in stitches. Hylton’s
wordless reaction on realizing Amanda’s ex-husband is in the room
next door is purely comic.”
Summer Wallace-Minger, PA Focus
“Refreshingly unapologetic, Hylton's portrayal
of Amanda shows all the unmitigated confidence Coward intended. Her
Amanda is sophisticated, unabashed and thoroughly compelling."
Nicole Leigh Huff, The Pitt News
AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG (at Everyman Theatre)
Beth Hylton as Helen
“…Last Friday night, a star was born in Baltimore.
The new star’s name is Beth Hylton… (She)
is a major force in the success of this play. Hylton
does as much with a look as she does with a turn of phrase. You need
only watch her face and look into her eyes to see and feel every emotion
she portrays. Her performance, the current gold standard, is
mesmerizing – effortless, real and brilliant.”
James Howard, BroadwayWorld.com
“Beth Hylton’s performance alone is worth the cost
of admission…”
Charles Shubow, Baltimore/Washington Backstage Weekly Chat, BroadwayWorld.com
“(Beth Hylton’s and Clinton Brandhagen’s)
romance is textbook bittersweet, and their moments onstage keep
the audience riveted.”
Dan Collins, The Baltimore Examiner
MARTHA JOSIE AND THE CHINESE ELVIS (by Charlotte Jones,
directed by John Vreeke, at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)
Beth Hylton as Josie
"The cast is superb… Each one of the actors
sells who he is with facility and grace.”
Tim Treanor, DC Theatre Review
"A first rate cast… Beth Hylton’s
whip cracking dominatrix is ballast when the going gets sentimental.”
Bob Mondello, Washington City Paper
"Everyone in the cast is wonderful to watch on stage. Beth
Hylton, as dominatrix Josie, appears to be having a great deal of fun
in her performance.”
Tom Avila, Metro Weekly
DESDEMONA: A Play About A Handkerchief (by Paula Vogel,
directed by Raine Bode, at Baltimore Shakespeare Festival)
Beth as Bianca
"Beth Hylton amply depicts Biancas enthusiasms--whether for her
trade or her dreams of domesticity..."
J Wynn Rousuck, The Baltimore Sun
"Hylton strikes comic sparks as a blunt-talking
prostitute..."
Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore City Paper
MISTER ROBERTS at the Kennedy Center
Beth Hylton as Lt. Ann Girard
"In the role of Lt. Ann Girard, Beth Hylton fits
the bill... Ms Girard looks and sounds like she just stepped
out of a 1940s W.A.V.E.s recruitment ad: a hint of sexiness
wrapped up in a uniform of propriety..."
- Rich See, Curtain Up
"Mention should be made of Todd Scofield as Dowdy
and Beth Hylton as Lt. Ann Girard, who give two of the production's
best supporting performances."
- Doug Krentzlin, The Washington Examiner
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM with Gorilla Repertory
(2 seasons)
Beth Hylton as Hermia
As one of the squabbling lovers, "Beth Hylton brings
emotional vitality and credibility to the
hyperbolic style…”
- Ben Brantley, The New York Times
“...Beth Hylton as Hermia is notable…”
- Donna Coe, The New York Post
THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES with PlayMakers Repertory
Beth Hylton as Georgette
“Beth Hylton and Marc Alexander Stern provide good
low comedy as Arnolphe’s servants—and Hylton gets
extra credit for navigating the stage of the Paul Green Theatre in six
inch heels…”
- V. Cullum Rogers, Durham Independent Weekly
3D WORLD with The No-Pants Theatre Company
Beth Hylton as The Ambassador’s Wife
“ Beth Hylton managed to rise above the elements
with a hysterical performance…”
- Scot Bowman, Backstage
“... some exceptional standouts:
Carri Levinson, Beth Hylton and Gerald Marsini all distinguish themselves...”
- Tim Cusack, NYtheatre.com
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