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 |
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"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
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"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
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"As
Angie, Erin Cronican is nicely vulnerable and
connects well with her lyrics..."
-- Erik Haagensen, Backstage.com
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Case
of You: The Problem |
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" '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
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The Last Five Years |
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"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
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"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
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Suds, the Rockin 60s Musical Soap Opera |
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"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
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"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
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Pieces (Best
of Fest- Outstanding Performance) |
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"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
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"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 |
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Oxygen |
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"The
Lavoisiers (Cronican and Dodge) share many of
the best scenes and both turn in fantastic performances."
-- San Diego Playbill
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"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
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Thank You, Next! |
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"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
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"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
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The Callback |
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"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
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"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
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Angels in America |
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"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 |
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Fritz & Froyim,
a New Musical |
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"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 |
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"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
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Czar of Nothingness |
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"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
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liveliest readings I've yet seen."
-- San Diego Playbill
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The Manager |
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"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
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O'Mary's |
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"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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