“A first class, classic production… Lyric Stage’s cast of fine performers supported by the spectacular orchestra will not disappoint… Mathys’ powerful voice, warm and silky when needed to charm or wheedle and bursting with iron-willed grit when life lets Mama Rose down, drives the show with gut-wrenching desperation… Mathys fills spacious Carpenter Hall’s bare stage with her dynamic persona and superlative instrument, displaying every iota of the vocal talent and star quality that has earned her the highest of accolades, and standing ovations, on both sides of the Atlantic… Lyric’s production, under the inspired musical direction of Jay Dias, engages all original thirty-nine orchestra instruments in cooperation with the Jule Styne estate’s best intentions. From the moment the overture stirs the audience with robust intonation and sassy spotlighted trumpet solo, the sound fest carries the evening.”
