“The radiant Dacal has a glorious voice and the acting chops to make each of Cathy’s songs her own, from the quietly raw “Still Hurting” to the humor of “Summer in Ohio” and “I Can Do Better Than That” to the hope-filled “Goodbye Until Tomorrow.” Kent brings a slightly rough edge and some world-weariness to Jamie, blending well with Dacal on the couple’s let’s-get-married song“The Next Ten Minutes” and Jamie’s end-of-show farewell, “I Could Never Rescue You.” Kent is a likeable guy, Jamie not so much as he sings “Nobody Needs to Know” to a colleague-turned-lover.”
— Christine Dolen, Miami Herald
“Plucked from Broadway, Dacal is a consummate performer; her heavenly voice reaches glorious highs, and she acts with every part of her body. Her Cathy is an aspiring actress languishing in sweltering summer stock productions while Jamie rises to eminence in the literary world, and the artistic imbalance of their careers is a major cause of their disintegration. The role provides Dacal the opportunity for melancholy, rage and especially humor – during an unforgettably manic audition sequence as well as on “A Summer in Ohio,” a song with wordplay witty enough for the Cole Porter canon – and she sells it all with passion and pathos.”
