Sunday in the Park with George:
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Seattle Theater Examiner Interview
Critical:
“Billie Wildrick (who only yesterday it seems was "16 Going on Seventeen" Liesl in Village's The Sound of Music some eight seasons ago), whose Amy he bedded and dueted with in the 5th's Company. Wildrick is vocally commanding throughout the show and her Dot in act one is a moving and earnest character study of a woman who grows from primping artist's model to disillusioned, unwed mother. Wildrick has sung Sondheim often before, but never with quite the command and vocal ease as is evidenced here, particularly her bravura turns on the title song and "Everybody Loves Louis," as well as matching Panaro's artistry all the way in "We Do Not Belong Together." If she is still too youthful to fully embody the role of the fragile, funny, aged Marie in act two, Wildrick fully delivers the goods on the great Sondheim solo "Children and Art", and again as a fantasy Dot in modern George's mind in "Move On."
- David Edward-Hughes
“As a painter might edge a detail with white, Billie Wildrick just touches Dot's vocal lines with vibrato here and there, where they need emotional highlighting. In other scenes, again for telling effect, her voice is as flat as Seurat's controversial, rule-breaking sense of perspective.”
- Gavin Borchert
“Billie Wildrick was a sheer delight as Seurat's love and inspiration, Dot. Again, her wonderful music theater voice was melded to top-notch acting skill and appealing sincerity.”
- Jerry Kraft
“The star of the show was wildly talented singer and actress Billie Wildrick who let loose her Crayola box of skills as Dot, the mistress trying to save George from his obsession.”
- Theresa Goffredo
“Billie Wildrick pouts, poses and sings poignantly and passionately as Seurat's earthy mistress Dot. She detests her "fashionable" bustle, longs for longer legs and hungers for nights on the town. In Act Two, Wildrick morphs, in complicated Sondheim style, into Dot's spirited 98-year-old daughter, Marie, who wants to set the record straight about her father. Wildrick shines in her rendition of "Children and Art."
- Starla Smith
“Both Panaro and Wildrick are highly talented performers with exceptional voices. They are strong, impassioned actor/singers who bring veracity and believability to their roles. Panaro is convincing as the self-obsessed and frustrated painter, who is unable to connect with others unless he is reimagining them on his canvas. Wildrick shines as Dot and her anguish at being unable to break through George’s obsession with his art is palpable.”
- Deborah Stone
Seattle Theater Examiner
“Shiniest of all was Billie Wildrick as Dot, Seurat’s Mistress. Giving her absolute all, battling through some very difficult numbers including “Sunday in the Park with George”, Wildrick managed to make her diction understandable in the hall while not being half-hearted with either the difficult pace or sequence of notes.”
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