Nothing about Lesser-Roy’s performance is tired. It’s been worn smooth with patience, anxious nicks replaced by wistful grooves. She’s absorbed Girl’s pains so completely she delivers them with near stillness. It’s the kind of quietude that makes you want to reel against the backdrop of her stuck-still heart.”
Jenni Todd, The Boston Globe
As for Ms. Lesser-Roy, who previously starred in a national tour of Once and thus knows the show well, she’s so affecting as Girl that you’ll feel no temptation to compare her to Cristin Milioti, who created the role on Broadway: She makes it her own and does so effortlessly.”
Terry Teachour, Wall Street Journal
Mackenzie Lesser-Roy as “Girl,” is a knockout, mischievous and strong beneath her quiet dark beauty; add in her pure soprano, and it’s an elixir he and we cannot resist.
Joyce Kulhawik