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Press for Erin Cronican

"I criticize by creation - not by finding fault." - Cicero

 

Erin has been featured in the following publications/websites:

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    Subways Are For Sleeping
 

"The score is full of wonders, and the richly talented cast performs it expertly. This is truly musical comedy, a now extinct species, and it is a marvel to me that you can find performers who can still do it... As the object of [Tom's] affection, a wily reporter, Erin Cronican is enormously winning, excelling in "Once in a Lifetime" and "I Said It and I'm Glad." 

-- Howard Kissel, NY Daily News

 

"What a wonderful cast director Hector Coris has. Erin Cronican excells as Angie, the magazine writer who’s been assigned to study these drop-outs. Spencer Plachy charms as Tom, the most industrious of the idle with whom she falls in love... Styne's music deserves to be better known, for... the lyrics are fun, [and] 'Once In A Lifetime' [is] a bouncy piece of optimism."

-- Peter Filichia, Theatermania

 
     
 

"As Angie, Erin Cronican is nicely vulnerable and connects well with her lyrics..."

-- Erik Haagensen, Backstage.com

 
Case of You: The Problem
   

" 'The Problem,' a short play by A. R. Gurney, starring Erin Cronican and John Pieza, stands out for its sharp writing and endearingly offbeat comedic acting. The net effect of the work is the pleasant sensation of watching TV drama combined with the self-satisfaction of going out and getting cultured. Not a bad way to spend an evening."

-- New York Press

 

    The Last Five Years
 

"Co-starring in the show with Lorenz is Erin Cronican, who's poised, likable and has a lovely melodic voice... Cronican has a sweet tone to her voice, a classy stage presence, and she makes her character's pain believable. Her phrasing and delivery are terrific, particularly in the comic "A Summer in Ohio" and the opening "Still Hurting."

-- North County Times, San Diego

 

"As the idealized wife, Cathy, Erin Cronican [is] persuasive dramatically. Her Cathy is a pretty blonde too passive for her own good, unable to rise to the challenge of New York and the kind of artists the city breeds... Her best moments came in the every-actors-nightmare number, "Climbing Uphill." Part humiliating audition, part internal monologue, it's a dazzling short story encapsulating life in the theater."

-- San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego

 

    Suds, the Rockin 60s Musical Soap Opera
 

"The performers at the Cuillo Centre are so winning and the music so infectious that they are justification enough for the whole exercise. As Cindy, Erin Cronican is endlessly perky, even when her world comes crashing down around her. She dashes through the period's many dance crazes with aplomb and a straight face-- no easy task."

-- Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL

 

"The cast includes Erin Cronican as the devastated Cindy who goes from despair singing about The End of the World to her much more self-assured These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ . Erin’s expressions, from poutiness to her goggling over Laundromat customer “Mr. Right,” are fittingly exaggerated for this silly but fun spoof...anyone who likes Sixties hits and good, semi-clean fun is likely to have a great time at this Wash-o-Rama.

-- San Diego Playbill

 

    Pieces (Best of Fest- Outstanding Performance)
 

"Victoria’s (Erin Cronican) story and her age change as we regress from a bride-to-be to a child. Cronican is marvelous handling the stresses of each age completely naturally. As a bride-to-be, she is a happy young woman looking forward to a new and exciting life. That is until Reflections enters. As she regresses in age her movements and her speech capture the age exactly. The best performance of the evening. "

-- TMCPress.com

 

"Erin Cronican, an immensely appealing actress skilled at balancing vulnerability, concluded the evening in James Anthony Ellis’ “Pieces,” a series of losses regressing backwards through a woman/girl’s life. Len Irving is around for the occasional response but essentially this is a monologue of a sentimental, lachrymose sort..."

-- San Diego.com

 

    Oxygen
 

 

"The Lavoisiers (Cronican and Dodge) share many of the best scenes and both turn in fantastic performances."

-- San Diego Playbill

 

"Director Bryan Bevell has assembled a game local cast. The women, especially, often sparkle... Erin Cronican is the shrewdest of the lot, as Marie Anne Lavoisier."

-- San Diego Union-Tribune

 

 

    Thank You, Next!
 

"Erin Cronican's debut at Schroeder's with Cris O'Bryon was fantastic. We had a wonderful comment from a patron who told me that she was so happy to have been one of the only 50 or 60 people in San Diego who were lucky enough to have heard Erin at Schroeder's that night."

-- Sher Kreiger, Producer

 

"Dear Erin, You are Terrific. The evening was delightful. I loved your choices. Some very demanding pieces... I could have listed to you and Cris all night...Thank you for a memorable evening."

-- Audience Member

 

 

    The Callback
 

"Last night it was my privilege to attend Erin Cronican's farewell performance at Schroeder's. We are going to miss this talented actress/singer/dancer. 'The Callback' was the name of her performance in which she blended her inimitable song styling with a touch of humor. The room was filled with the creme de la creme of the San Diego theatre scene, which meant I had to bribe my way in. Those that missed the show, missed a wonderful experience."

-- San Diego Theater Scene

 

"My god what a fantastic show ! Erin, you did it ! One of the best performances I have seen in many years. Trust me I am not an easy audience. You had me laughing and crying at the same time, making it difficult to hold on to the follow spot. Your show was put together like you had a staff of the best writers and producers in the business. To make me happy, other performers will need to come up to your level of excellence. Your audience loved you. You are a star."

-- Venue staff member

 

    Angels in America
 

"Erin Cronican plays sainthood tongue-in-cheek as the Angel who makes Prior prophet in hopes that God will come to heaven... The actors all double and triple cast except for Prior, make the most of every opportunity Kushner provides, and are especially amusing in the Mormon Museum and 'I'm In Heaven' scenes."

-- Backstage West

 
Fritz & Froyim, a New Musical
   

"Rounding out the cast are the lovely Erin Cronican and expressive Dennis Holland, both of whom do a good job with their various roles... If you find the concept intriguing I would suggest seeing Fritz and Froyim before it ends its limited run."

-- NY Stage Buzz

 
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    The Wizard of Oz
 

"Erin Cronican is Glinda, the beautiful Good Witch of the North. And if you weren't sure that she was good from her beauty and her pink dress and the big pink bubble she floats around in, Erin's voice is laced with such sugary sweetness and elegance, whether she's admitting to being "a little muddled" or singing "you're out of the woods, you're out of the dark, you're out of the night," there can be no doubt as to her being chock full of gooey-gumdrop goodness."

-- San Diego Playbill

 
Czar of Nothingness
   

"Some of San Diego's best actors combined to put together this all-star cast...Jack Banning... is complemented by one of San Diego's brightest new talents, Erin Cronican, who was so impressive earlier this year in San Diego Rep's world premiere of Oxygen and as Glinda in Starlight's The Wizard of Oz. Erin's enthusiastic portrayal of the bold but frightened young Pippa made this one of the liveliest readings I've yet seen."

-- San Diego Playbill

 

    The Manager
 

"Erin Cronican makes a delightful return in this solo piece about a woman waiting, but trying not to wait, for a phonecall from a guy, while she analyzes every syllable he uttered for deeper significance “What is he thinking? He said ‘Later.”). Ultimately, she asserts her independence and self-respect – sort of... Just about everything I saw was top-notch, especially in terms of acting and directing – and isn’t that what it’s all about? A marvelous showcase for local talent."

-- San Diego Theatre Scene

    O'Mary's
 

"Vincent has [an] effervescent daughter, Christy (the glorious Erin Cronican)... Cronican absolutely is the one great thing in O'Mary's. Her characterizations are fleshed out nicely and it helps that she can sing, and beautifully at that. "Lost and Found," one of the ballads of the show could be just another number until Cronican saves it halfway through. When she belts out one of the other numbers "Keep That Rock and Roll Spirit," we can easily see the talent behind the so-so numbers. Once again, the material does not shine as nicely as the performer."

-- Update Magazine

 

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