Beth Hylton Press

HANDBAGGED at Round House Theatre

"Beth Hylton and Jennifer Mendenhall's portrayals of the younger and older versions of the queen have a common basis, but allow us to see how the queen grew into the person we know today. The queen is regal and refined, yet approachable and both excel with some surprising comedic moments. All four deliver a masterclass in acting, with perfectly believable accents "
--Jennifer Perry, Broadway World

"Hylton and Mendenhall give shrewdly understated portraits of the queen’s moral disapproval. They’re also spot-on with comic relief, especially when we are reminded how much this queen loves her horses and dogs."
--Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post

THE REVOLUTIONISTS at Everyman Theatre

Beth Hylton as Marie Antoinette in The Revolutionists at Everyman Theatre (Photo: ClintonBPhotography)

"Delightful as ever, Beth Hylton is terrific as Marie Antoinette. With crackerjack comic timing and her flair for physical comedy, Hylton is hilarious as the ill-fated monarch. But she also brings a depth to the character that is rarely seen...Brava to Gunderson for writing the character as an actual person instead of a caricature of privilege, and to Hylton for finding the balance between the humor and the human. "  --Patricia Mitchell, DC Metro Theatre Arts

"Hylton...is hilarious and, yes, rather endearing as the ditsy, doomed queen. You really, really want to believe her when she says her infamous let-them-eat-cake line 'was out of context; I thought I was ordering lunch.' "  --Tim Smith, Baltimore Sun

"The conversational roar goes up a few decibels with the arrival of Marie Antoinette...Her self-absorption and obliviousness reminds you of the character Karen on Will and Grace and Hylton has Megan Mullally’s comic timing and irresistibleness. Her Marie is vain, but sparkly and she buoys up a comedy that sometimes gets mired in high-falluting discussions about the importance of theater and art, especially in times of turmoil."   --Jayne Blanchard, DC Theatre Scene

"the ensemble are a solid quartet...Hylton a sheer delight as Marie Antoinette.... Hylton’s queen looks top-to-bottom like Singin’ in the Rain’s fabulous Jean Hagen in The Duelling Cavalier, and she’s every bit as hilarious. In other words, she kills it."
--Andre Hereford, Metro Weekly

THE HEIDI CHRONICLES at Rep Stage

Article and video on The Heidi Chronicles at Rep Stage
in The Baltimore Sun by Tim Smith

"Beth Hylton, one of the region’s finest actors, gives a persuasive and affecting portrayal of Heidi. In the play’s famous Act 2 scene, Heidi faces a room of high school alumnae and moves from the assigned topic — “Women, Where Are We Going?” — into a stream-of-consciousness riff about encountering self-satisfied women at a gym. Hylton is wonderful in this funny-painful monologue, letting the weight of Heidi’s vulnerability and disillusionment sink in fully."   --Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun

"Heidi's sense of betrayal and disappointment are rendered in fine shades by Beth Hylton."
--Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post

"The show thrives in the capable hands of Beth Hylton, who is magnificent in the complex role of Heidi. She takes over the stage... Hylton is the quintessential actress and is always a joy to watch on stage."   --Charles Shubow, Broadway World

"Beth Hylton is radiant and brave as Heidi Holland."   --Jayne Blanchard, DC Theatre Scene

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Everyman Theatre

The Great American Rep at Everyman was named one of the
Wall Street Journal's "BEST OF 2016" by Terry Teachout!

"Watching an incisive actress tackle this role in STREETCAR is one of the major pleasures of going to the theatre. Confirming that assertion is Beth Hylton, whose Blanche anchors this production...(In) Hylton’s beautifully layered performance, she does not play Blanche as a wilting flower, but as a woman strong enough, mentally and physically, to have done all those bad things folks back in Mississippi say about her. When this Blanche slips into seductive mode, Hylton makes it feel genuine. But you also always detect the part of her who is sincerely convinced that she possesses beauty of the mind, and richness of the spirit, and tenderness of the heart. At the end, as Hylton's Blanche, hair still wet from one last bath, comes unglued,the awful weight of her fate registers movingly." --Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun

"Beth Hylton tackles the iconic role of Blanche and finds in her a vulnerable, desperate woman with a shimmering exterior, who becomes more vulnerable and desperate as her past catches up with her... It is a carefully layered and calibrated performance that Hylton builds to Blanche’s inevitable, destructive end...When she is seducing a young boy who has come to collect for the newspaper bill (she) for the first time strips away her shiny veneer and allows us to see who Blanche really is. It is an intense, troubling scene and one of the highlights in a production teeming with them. --David Gerson, DC Metro Theatre Arts

"If you've never seen STREETCAR you'll come away from this version knowing exactly what the play is about, and you'll succumb with dark joy to its musky hot-weather spell—and to the acting of the fine cast... (Beth Hylton is) excellent." --Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal

"Hylton's Blanche may be a metaphor of loveliness gone by, but she is no flitting doomed moth. Her mental state is precarious and shes in a lip-lock with liquor, but this Blanche is not a fragile ghost of a belle but in-the-flesh, in-your-face real, one of those people who can fill a room with their presence, their scent... Hylton lends musicality to Blanches voice and delivery, so it sounds like a melody whether she is ripping Stanley a new one or describing moonlight swims in a lake." --Jayne Blanchard, DC Theatre Scene

OUTSIDE MULLIGAR at Everyman Theatre

A feature on Beth in the Baltimore Sun about her roles
in the 25th Anniversary Season at Everyman.

"Hylton’s performance as Rosemary is the engine that makes this production hum. She manages to make her ferocious without ever being mean." --Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore City Paper

"Hylton (so) captures Rosemarys intense passion and frustration, I found myself rooting for her from that very first stomp of her feet."
--April Forrer, MD Theatre Guide

"The performances are... lovingly detailed. Ms Hylton, in particular, has a knack for thoroughly transforming herself with each role she plays." --J. Wynn Rousuck, WYPR

"Beth Hylton's Rosemary is a divine swirl of heart and guile"--Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post